On Tyranny and the Global Legal Order

This book provides a historical and contemporary account of tyranny. It develops a taxonomy of tyranny applicable to any governance order and then applies it to the global legal order. It examines what a right and duty to tyrannicide now looks like, and considers the role of law within tyrannies.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. A history of tyranny; 2. A taxonomy of tyranny; 3. Tyrannicide, tyrannophobia and tyrannophilia; 4. Scale, tyranny, and the global legal order; 5. Imperialism, tyranny and the global legal order.

Summary

This book provides a historical and contemporary account of tyranny. It develops a taxonomy of tyranny applicable to any governance order and then applies it to the global legal order. It examines what a right and duty to tyrannicide now looks like, and considers the role of law within tyrannies.

Product details

• Authors: Aoife O'Donoghue, Aoife O''donoghue, O'Donoghue Aoife
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781108498845
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49884-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Global Law Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / General Practice, LAW / International, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Public International Law, Legal skills & practice, Legal skills and practice, International Organisations & Institutions, Constitutional & administrative law, Legal system: general, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Legal systems: general