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This exploration of human choice in international legal and political decision making will be of use to scholars, students and practitioners interested in the neurobiology of how people choose and the history of how personal choice has affected decisions about international peace and security.
List of contents
Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. International law as human choice; 3. How people choose; 4. Human choice at the international court of justice; 5. Human choice at the UN security council; 6. Human choice in human rights; 7. Changing the culture of choice; 8. The international law we need; Endnotes; Index.
About the author
Anna Spain Bradley is Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Law at University of California Los Angeles. She is an award-winning international law scholar, educator and expert specializing in international dispute resolution, international human rights and global racism. A Vice President of the American Society of International Law, she received the Society's Francis Lieber Prize for excellence in scholarship and the OZY Educator Award. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Spain Bradley has previously served as an attorney-adviser at the US Department of State, a US delegate and a Legal Expert to the United Nations, and counsel for state parties before the Permanent Court of Arbitration. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a founding member of Mediators Beyond Borders International.
Summary
This exploration of human choice in international legal and political decision making will be of use to scholars, students and practitioners interested in the neurobiology of how people choose and the history of how personal choice has affected decisions about international peace and security.
