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Ideas in conflict : international law and the global war on terror /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Engle, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: The Hague : Eleven International Publishing, Ã2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover ; Ideas in Conflict; Introduction ; Part I ContemporaryInternational Law; 1 Methodology; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Ontology: Materialism v. Philosophical Idealism; 1.3 Epistemology: Realism v. Atomism; 1.3.1 Atomism; 1.3.2 Critique of Atomism; 1.3.3 Holism; 1.3.4 Critiques of Holism; 1.3.5 Is it Possible to Synthesize Holist and Atomist Methods?; 1.4 Axiology: Relativism v. Cognitivism; 1.5 Outline of a New Natural Law Theory of International Relations; 1.5.1 Transformationism; 1.5.2 Neo-Functionalism; 1.5.3 Liberalism; 1.6 Conclusion; 2 The Origins of Sovereignty in Roman and Medieval Law.
  • 2.1 Sovereignty Defined2.1.1 Definition of Sovereignty; 2.1.2 Analogies between Sovereignty and the Ruler to Property and Family; 2.1.3 Origins of the Sovereign Power in Roman and Medieval Law; 2.1.3.1 Religious Justification: Auctoritas; 2.1.3.2 Political Reality: Potestas; 2.2 Sovereignty in Early Modernity; 2.3 Critiques of Sovereignty; 2.3.1 Theoretical Aporia; 2.3.2 Logical Paradoxes; 2.3.3 Sovereignty of Nation States Led to Pointless Wars; 2.3.4 Nation States Do Not Correspond to Reality; 2.3.4.1 'The People' Are Mythic; 2.3.4.2 The State Is a Legal Fiction.
  • 2.3.4.3 No Contemporary State Is Autarchic2.3.5 The Obsolescence of Sovereignty; 2.4 The State in Modernity; 2.4.1 The Transformation of the State into Civil Society through Economic Integration; 2.4.2 Challenges for the New International System; 2.4.3 Rethinking the State?; 2.4.3.1 Disintegration by Sublimation; 2.4.3.2 Disintegration by Devolution; 2.4.4 Reconceptualization of Sovereignty; 3 The Transformation of Sovereigntyand International Law in LateModernity; 3.1 De Facto Transformation; 3.2 De Jure Transformation of International Law; 3.2.1 The Illegalization of Wars of Aggression.
  • 3.2.2 International Legal Personality for Non-State Actors3.2.2.1 Multi-National Corporations; 3.2.2.2 Individuals; 3.2.2.3 Limits on the International Legal Personality of Non-State Actors; 3.2.2.4 Conclusion; 3.2.3 The Right of Humanitarian Intervention; 3.2.4 The Transformation of Sovereignty; 3.2.5 The Rise of Human Rights and their Direct Enforceability; 3.3 Conclusion; 4 The Transformation of InternationalLaw by Human Rights; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 From Sovereign States to Individual Rights; 4.2.1 Elaboration of Global Human Rights Norms: Opinio Juris.
  • 4.2.2 Enforcement of Global Norms: State Practice4.2.3 Individual Rights; 4.3 The Universality of Human Rights; 4.3.1 Rights and Duties; 4.3.2 Moral Relativism193 and Cultural Imperialism194 versus Universalism; 4.3.3 Human Rights and the Rule of Law; 4.4 The Generational Theory of Human Rights; 4.4.1 First-Generation Rights; 4.4.2 Second-Generation Rights; 4.4.3 Third-Generation Rights; 4.4.3.1 Individual and Collective Rights; 4.4.3.2 Property Rights; 4.5 Conclusions; 5 The UN Convention System and USForeign Policy; 5.1 Introduction.