Just War - Authority, Tradition, and Practice

Informationen zum Autor Anthony F. Lang Jr. is a reader in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews and director of the Centre for Global Constitutionalism. Cian O'Driscoll is a lecturer in international politics at the School of Social and Political Sciences at University of Glasgow. John Williams is professor of international relations at Durham University. Klappentext Bringing together many of the most important contemporary writers on just war to consider questions of authority surrounding the just war tradition! this collection offers a compelling reassessment of the authority issue's centrality in how we can! do! and ought to think about war in contemporary global politics. Zusammenfassung Bringing together many of the most important contemporary writers on just war to consider questions of authority surrounding the just war tradition! this collection offers a compelling reassessment of the authority issue's centrality in how we can! do! and ought to think about war in contemporary global politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: The Just War Tradition and the Practice of Political Authority Anthony F Lang! Jr. and Cian O'Driscoll Part I: The Practice of Authority 1. The Right to Use Armed Force: Sovereignty! Responsibility! and the Common Good James Turner Johnson2. Just War and Political Judgment Chris Brown3. Natural Flourishing as the Normative Ground of Just War: A Christian View Nigel Biggar4. 'Not in My Name': Legitimate Authority and Liberal Just War Theory John Williams 5. The Inseparability of Gender Hierarchy! the Just War Tradition! and Authorizing War Laura Sjoberg6. Legitimate Authority and the War against Al-Qaeda Nahed Artoul Zehr7. Problems of Legitimacy within the Just War Tradition and International Law Tarik Kochi8. Narrative Authority Anthony F Lang Jr. Part II: Authority in Practice 1. Culpability and Punishment in Classical Theories of Just War Gregory Reichberg2. The Necessity of 'Right Intent' for Justifiably Waging War Joseph Boyle3. Revenge! Affect and Just War Brent Steele4. Just War and Guerrilla War Michael Gross5. Bugsplat: US Standing Rules of Engagement! International Humanitarian Law! Military Necessity and Non-Combatant Immunity Neta Crawford6. Just War and Military Education and Training Martin Cook Part III: The Triumph of Just War?1. The Triumph of Just War Tradition and the Possibility of Imperial Overstretch John Kelsay2. The Wager Lost by Winning? On the 'Triumph' of the Just War Tradition Nicholas Rengger Conclusion Cian O'Driscoll List of Contributors Index ...

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• Authors: &apos, Cian Williams driscoll, Anthony F. Lang Jr., Anthony F. Lang, Anthony F. O&apos Lang Jr., Anthony F. O''''driscoll Lang Jr.
• Assisted by: Anthony F. Lang (Editor), Jr. Lang (Editor), Cian O'Driscoll (Editor), O'Driscoll Cian (Editor), John Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2013
• EAN: 9781589019966
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-996-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Just War; Just War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science