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Beyond the Law's Reach? argues that fundamental assumptions in contemporary political philosophy need to be rethought in the face of pervasive political violence.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Conceptualizing the Law's Reach: Violence, the Rule of Law, and the Fragility of Democracy


• 2: The Law, Unsealed: The Shadow of Violence, Third-Best Justice, and Democratic Entanglement


• 3: Getting Away With It?: Autocratic Exile, Fairness, and Democratic Entanglement


• 4: Foreign Entanglement, Foreign Officials, and the 'War on Drugs'


• 5: Collective Victims Beyond Reach?: Kleptocracy, Integrity, and International Disgorgement


• 6: Legal Kleptocracy and Third-Best Justice: Pre-Empting Entanglement (I)


• 7: Pre-Empting Entanglement (II): Hostages and Ransoms Across Borders


• Conclusion

About the author

Shmuel Nili is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. Nili's work focuses on links between domestic and global injustice, particularly as these relate to corporate agency, corruption, and abuse of power. He has published widely on these themes in multiple leading journals. The same themes also dominate Nili's first three books: The People's Duty (Cambridge University Press, 2019); Integrity: Personal and Political (Oxford University Press, 2020); and Philosophizing the indefensible (Oxford University Press, 2023).

Summary

Beyond the Law's Reach? argues that fundamental assumptions in contemporary political philosophy need to be rethought in the face of pervasive political violence.

Additional text

In this wise and compassionate book, Shmulik Nili, grasping the nettle of our "third best" world, tackles the exploitation of our legal and financial systems by lawless dictators and gangsters. Exploring what he encapsulates as the "shadow of violence," Nili offers a carefully reasoned and richly informed treatment of an important and general question of practical ethics: What do those who benefit from the rule of law and democracy owe to those who don't? His treatment of the distorting ripples of large-scale criminal and private violence, which characterizes too many societies around the world, is especially valuable and insightful.

Product details

• Authors: Prof Shmuel (Associate Professor of Politica Nili, Shmuel Nili, Shmuel (Associate Professor of Political Sci Nili
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2024
• EAN: 9780198915225
• ISBN: 978-0-19-891522-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Political corruption, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Violence in society, Political science and theory, Demonstrations & protest movements, Violence and abuse in society, Corruption in politics, government and society, Political activism / Political engagement