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Punishment, Justice and International Relations Ethics and Order after the Cold War
This book examines the international political order in the post-Cold War era, arguing that this order has become progressively more punitive. This is seen as resulting from both a human-rights regime that emphasizes legal norms and the aggressive policies of the United States and its allies in the ‘War on Terror’. While punishment can play a key role in creating justice in a political system, serious flaws in the current global order militate against punishment-enforcing global norms. The book argues for the necessary presence of three key concepts - justice, authority and agency - if punishment is to function effectively, and explores four practices in the current international system: intervention, sanctions, counter- terrorism policy, and war crimes tribunals. It concludes by suggesting ways to revise the current global political structure in order to enable punitive practices to play a more central role in creating a just world order. This book will be of much interest to students of International Law, Political Science and International Relations.
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Conceptual Questions
Chapter 1: Punishment and Justice
Chapter 2: Legitimacy and Authority
Chapter 3: Agency and Responsibility
Part II: Punishing States
Chapter 4: Punitive Intervention
Chapter 5: Punitive Sanctions
Part III: Punishing Persons
Chapter 6: Punitive Counter terrorism policy
Chapter 7: Punishment and International Criminal Law
Conclusion: Punishment, Justice and Evil
Biography
Anthony F. Lang, Jr. is a Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews.