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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Goldsmith, Jack L. Limits of international law. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 (OCoLC)607180159 Online version: Goldsmith, Jack L. Limits of international law. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 (OCoLC)607754527 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jack L Goldsmith; Eric A Posner |
| ISBN: | 0195168399 9780195168396 |
| OCLC Number: | 54913209 |
| Description: | 262 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Customary international law -- A theory of customary international law -- Case studies -- Treaties -- A theory of international agreements -- Human rights -- International trade -- Rhetoric, morality, and international law -- A theory of international rhetoric -- International law and moral obligation -- Liberal democracy and cosmopolitan duty -- Conclusion. |
| Responsibility: | Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner. |
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<br>..".a valuable contribution to international relations and a useful book for lawmakers and laymen alike."--The Weekly Standard<br>"Scholars have long debated why and when states comply with international law; one widely held view is that states do so out of a sense of moral obligation or a desire for legitimacy. This elegantly argued book... offers a simpler and more instrumental explanation: states agree to and follow international law only when it is in their national self-interest."--Foreign Affairs<br>"Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner boldly and ambitiously set out to answer a host of traditional questions posed by critics and advocates of international law.... As the central theme, the single most distinctive character of the book is the employment of rational choice theory as it relates to international law.... The creativity displayed here should now whet the appetite of other legal scholars to approach the international law and politics relationship from the perpsective Read more...
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