1st Edition

Justice and World Order Reassessing Richard Falk's Scholarship and Advocacy

Edited By George Andreopoulos, Henry F Carey Copyright 2022
296 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book critically assesses the impact of Richard A. Falk’s scholarship, which has spanned nearly six decades and addressed key issues at the intersections of international law and relations. Falk has offered powerful insights on the nature and reach of international law, international relations, and the structure of their respective processes in order to assess the main challenges to the... Read more

Foreword by Mary Kaldor

Chapter 1 – Introduction. In Quest of Humane Governance: Richard Falk’s Odyssey

George Andreopoulos and Henry F. Carey

Part I The Scholarly Quest of Humane Governance

Chapter 2 – From World Order to Militarization to Securitization: Richard Falk’s Contribution to a Theory of Post-Modern Mobilization

Henry F. Carey and W. Blake Morley

Chapter 3 – Culture and Tradition in the International Human Rights System

Hilary Charlesworth

Chapter 4 – Prescience and Principles: Richard Falk’s Contributions to the Study and Practice of Human Rights

Lisa Hajjar

Chapter 5 – A Cosmopolitan Perspective on Global Criminal Justice

Daniele Archibughi

Chapter 6 – The Resurgence of Hegemonic International Law: Whither Global Law?

George Andreopoulos

Chapter 7 – Giraffe Politics on an Endangered Planet

Paul Wapner

Part II The Scholar as Public Intellectual and Activist

Chapter 8 – Richard Falk, Public Intellectual

Henry F. Carey and Kathie Barrett

Chapter 9 – Combating Complacency: The Moral Imperative of Denuclearization

Asli Bali

Chapter 10 – Richard Falk, a citizen-pilgrim for Palestine: bearing witness and the role of UN Special Rapporteur

Mandy Turner

Chapter 11 – Falk’s Cosmopolitan View of Sovereignty: the Ambition of Necessity to Pursue World Order through Law

Henry F. Carey and Stacey M. Mitchell

Chapter 12 – A Response in the Spirit of Dialogue and Gratitude

Richard A. Falk 

Appendix: Interview with Richard Falk

Biography

George Andreopoulos is Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, CUNY, US.

Henry F. Carey is Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, US.

"Richard Falk continues to be one of the most dynamic, fearless and provocative public intellectuals in the world today and this joyous volume fully captures the many sides of his humanity. This is not only a difficult book to put down, it also will make the reader visit (and revisit) much of Falk’s prodigious scholarship."

Mark Gibney, Belk Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina-Asheville; and Affiliated Scholar, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden.