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The Ethics of Preventive War
Deen Chatterjee
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Description for The Ethics of Preventive War
paperback. The book examines the complex and contested moral and legal issues of preventive warfare. Editor(s): Chatterjee, Deen K. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPQ; HPS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 442.
In this book, eleven leading theorists debate the normative challenges of preventive war through the lens of important public and political issues of war and peace in the twenty-first century. Their discussion covers complex and topical subjects including terrorism, the 'Bush doctrine' and the invasion of Iraq, Iran's nuclear capabilities, superpower unilateralism and international war tribunals. They examine the moral conundrum of preventive intervention and emphasize the need for a stronger and more effective international legal and political order and a corresponding re-evaluation of the normative status of international law. Together their essays form a challenging and timely volume that ... Read more
In this book, eleven leading theorists debate the normative challenges of preventive war through the lens of important public and political issues of war and peace in the twenty-first century. Their discussion covers complex and topical subjects including terrorism, the 'Bush doctrine' and the invasion of Iraq, Iran's nuclear capabilities, superpower unilateralism and international war tribunals. They examine the moral conundrum of preventive intervention and emphasize the need for a stronger and more effective international legal and political order and a corresponding re-evaluation of the normative status of international law. Together their essays form a challenging and timely volume that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521154789
SKU
V9780521154789
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Ref
99-24
About Deen Chatterjee
Deen K. Chatterjee is the Senior Advisor and Professorial Fellow of Justice and Global Initiative in the S. J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah and the editor-in-chief of the two-volume Encyclopedia of Global Justice and the series editor of Studies in Global Justice. His publications include Democracy in a Global World: Human Rights and Political Participation ... Read more
Reviews for The Ethics of Preventive War
'A stellar cast of leading scholars address one of the great moral issues of our time. Deen Chatterjee does a superb job in structuring the dialectic between law, philosophy and politics, between critical and exploratory voices, and between war and its alternatives. Highly recommended.' David Rodin, Oxford University 'This excellent book is the best introduction available to the problem of ... Read more