The Thin Justice of International Law: A Moral Reckoning of the Law of Nations

The Thin Justice of International Law: A Moral Reckoning of the Law of Nations
ISBN-10
0198704046
ISBN-13
9780198704041
Category
Law
Pages
471
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Author
Steven R. Ratner

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Offering a new interdisciplinary approach to global justice and integrating the insights of international relations and contemporary ethics, this book asks whether the core norms of international law are just by appraising them according to a standard of global justice grounded in the advancement of peace and protection of human rights.

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