This text offers a review of historical traditions of international ethical and political theory in the light of modern developments in political philosophy. McCarthy provides a defence of natural law tradition, and in response to the criticism of natural law that, along with Kantianism, it is too a
Justice, the State and International Relations
β Scribed by Leo McCarthy (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 288
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Justice in International Relations....Pages 4-41
Political Realism and the Primacy of the State....Pages 42-91
The Cosmopolitan Theory of International Justice....Pages 92-131
Justice in a Society of States....Pages 132-179
Human Rights, the State and Global Justice....Pages 180-241
Conclusion....Pages 242-243
Back Matter....Pages 244-277
β¦ Subjects
International Relations; Ethics; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law; Political Science; Philosophy of Law
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