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The Degradation of the International Legal Order? - Bill Bowring

The Degradation of the International Legal Order?

The Rehabilitation of Law and the Possibility of Politics

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Buch | Hardcover
252 Seiten
2008
Routledge Cavendish (Verlag)
978-1-904385-99-8 (ISBN)
CHF 299,95 inkl. MwSt
Using critical philosophy and political methodology, this sophisticated and incisive book provides a detailed diagnosis of the present impasse of international law and relations particularly since the Iraq invasion and occupation.
Providing the basis for critical engagement with the pessimism of the contemporary age, The Degradation of the International Legal Order? argues passionately for a rehabilitation of the honour of historic events and processes, and of their role in generating legal concepts. Drawing primarily from the Marxian tradition, but also engaging with a range of contemporary work in critical theory and critical legal and human rights scholarship, this book analyses historical and recent international events and processes in order to challenge their orthodox interpretation. What is thus proposed is a new evaluation of international legal principles and human rights norms, the revolutionary content of which, it is argued, turns them from mere rhetoric into powerful weapons of struggle.

Accessibly written, but theoretically sophisticated, this original and timely book is intended for critical teachers and students of international law, human rights, and international relations, as well as legal and political activists.

Bill Bowring is Professor of Law at Birkbeck, University of London, and a practising barrister. His research interests include international law, human rights and Soviet and Russian law. He is also a legal and political activist and has taken many cases to the European Court of Human Rights.

Introduction






Self-Determination - the Revolutionary Kernel of International Law



The Degradation of International Law?



The Legality of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq After Iraq: International Human Rights Law in Crisis Ideology in International Law, and the Critique of Habermas



A Substantive Account of Human Rights Human Rights as the Negation of Politics?



‘Postmodern’ Reconstructions of Human Rights



The Challenge of Methodological Individualism



The Scandal of Social and Economic Rights



The Problem of ‘Legal Transplantation’ and Human Rights

Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag 14.2.2008
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 890 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern Arbeits- / Sozialrecht Sozialrecht
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 1-904385-99-0 / 1904385990
ISBN-13 978-1-904385-99-8 / 9781904385998
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