1st Edition
Law at the Vanishing Point A Philosophical Analysis of International Law
By Aaron Fichtelberg
Copyright 2008
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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Two central questions are at the core of international legal theory: 'What is international law?', and 'Is international law really law?' This volume examines these critical questions and the philosophical foundations of modern international law using the tools of Anglo-American legal theory and western political thought. Engaging with both contemporary and historical legal theory and with an... Read more
Introduction The Future and Legal Theory; Chapter 1 Skepticism Towards International Law; Chapter 2 Conceptualizing International Law; Chapter 3 Voluntarism and Natural Law; Chapter 4 International Legal Personality; Chapter 5 Humanitarian Intervention; Chapter 6 Empiricism and the Reality of International Law; Chapter 7 Pinochet and Nicaragua; Chapter 8 The Prescriptive Realists; conclution Conclusion;
Biography
Professor Fichtelberg specializes in International Criminal Justice, Comparative Criminal Justice, and Legal Theory, in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware. He has published widely on aspects of International Criminal Law, and International Criminal Justice. He is the author of the textbook `Crimes Without Borders: An Introduction to International Criminal Justice'.
'Those who are skeptical about the existence and power of international law should read Fichtelberg’s book. Arguing more from various examples of international law, rather than from abstract and questionable principles, he will convince many of these skeptics to abandon their cause. Believers will also profit by reading his book. They will come away with a better understanding of their own views on international law.' Nick Fotion, Emory University, Atlanta, USA 'For forty odd years I have made a living teaching, writing about and sometimes even doing international law. Yet I have been consistently haunted and taunted by those who deny that the subject is "real". Fichtelberg slays all the dragons that I have encountered in a lifetime - and then some. Spot on!' Roger S. Clark, Rutgers School of Law, USA '...[this book] offers both a good overview and a strong argument as to why we should spend less time focusing on theory and more examining the law as it should be...a valuable addition to the literature.' Law Society Journal 'Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. CHOICE
