International Law and Ethics After the Critical Challenge - Framing the Legal Within the Post-Foundational

Around twenty years ago, a challenge was laid down to international law by those writing at the critical periphery of the discipline; a challenge that has yet to find satisfactory response. Although often (mistakenly) characterised as nihilist, this book seeks to recast it in positive terms; to pose the question of what - if anything - is left of international law and ethics if we accept both that apolitical rules are impossible and that the values that must - inevitably - be used to justify them are irreducibly, radically subjective. After detailed analyses of different political and international legal philosophers who have confronted this issue, the answer is located in a "turn to literature" and a rehabilitation of the ancient notion of rhetoric.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Euan MacDonald
• Editore: Brill
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.03.2011
• EAN: 9789004189096
• ISBN: 978-90-04-18909-6
• Pagine: 448
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 871 g
• Serie: Erik Castrén Institute Monogra
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri