Parochialism, Cosmopolitanism, and the Foundations of International La

Informationen zum Autor M. N. S. Sellers is Regents Professor of the University System of Maryland and Director of the University of Baltimore Center for International and Comparative Law. He received his A.B. and J.D. from Harvard University and was a Rhodes Scholar, Frank Knox Fellow and T. H. Green Scholar at University and Wolfson Colleges, Oxford. Professor Sellers has served as a visiting scholar at Georgetown University Law Center, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at Cambridge University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Hague Academy of International Law and Bryn Mawr College. He is co-editor of the Cambridge University Press book series ASIL Studies in International Legal Theory. Klappentext This book examines the boundary between parochial and cosmopolitan justice. Zusammenfassung This book examines the boundary between parochial and cosmopolitan justice. Nine lawyers and philosophers from five continents consider whether certain states or persons deserve special treatment! exemptions or heightened duties under international law. Essays draw the line between international law! national jurisdiction and the private autonomy of persons. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction M. N. S. Sellers; 2. Parochialism and the legitimacy of international law John Tasioulas; 3. Parochialism, cosmopolitanism, and the paradigms of international law Armin von Bogdany and Sergio Dellavalle; 4. Liberal cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitan liberalism? Ileana M. Porras; 5. Are human rights parochial? James Griffin; 6. The parochial foundations of cosmopolitan rights Maxwell Chibundu; 7. Rights in reverse Chios Carmody; 8. Parochial restraints on religious liberty Brian Lepard; 9. Parochialism, cosmopolitanism, and justice M. N. S. Sellers.

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• Authors: M. N. S. Sellers, M. N. S. (University of Baltimore) Sellers
• Assisted by: M. N. S. Sellers (Editor), M. N. S. (University of Baltimore) Sellers (Editor), Sellers M. N. S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9781107435896
• ISBN: 978-1-107-43589-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: ASIL Studies in International Legal Theory; ASIL Studies in International; ASIL Studies in International Legal Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, LAW / International, International Law, Public International Law, Jurisprudence & general issues