Format:
1 online resource (551 pages)
ISBN:
9781139148795
Content:
Leading scholars consider the effect of US hegemony in the international legal system.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- Introduction The complexities of foundational change -- I International community -- 1 The international community, international law, and the United States: three in one, two against one, or one and the same? -- The "international community" -- The place and the role of the United States in the international community -- The place and the role of the United States in international law -- Conclusion -- 2 The influence of the United States on the concept of the "international community" -- The concept of "international community" in United States scholarship -- The point of departure: a realist understanding of the international legal community -- Community concepts in the age of globalization -- The institutionalist response to globalization -- The (neo) liberal response to globalization -- The postmodern critique of community -- United States perspectives on the "international community" in positive international law -- The United Nations security system: from collective security to the "franchising" of State intervention -- From obligations erga omnes and international crimes of State to international crimes of individuals -- Conclusion: The concept of "international community" from the United States perspective -- 3 Comments on chapters 1 and 2 -- Martti Koskenniemi -- Steven Ratner -- The diversity of American academia -- Academia and governmental policy -- A American outlook? -- Redefining the problematic -- The effect of American superpower status on relations with other actors -- Volker Rittberger -- II Sovereign equality -- 4 Sovereign equality - "the Wimbledon sails on" -- United States predominance and the concept of sovereign equality -- The concept of sovereignty as a legal principle -- The principle of sovereign equality.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521819497
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521819497
Additional Edition:
Print version United States Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
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