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The Imperatives Of Sovereignty, Human Rights And National Security Very Often Pull In Different Directions, Yet The Relations Between These Three Different Notions Are Considerably More Subtle Than Those Of Simple Opposition. Rather, Their Interaction May At Times Be Contradictory, At Others Tense, And At Others Even Complementary. This Collection Presents An Analysis Of The Irreducible Dilemmas Posed By The Foundational Challenges Of Sovereignty, Human Rights And Security, Not Merely In Terms Of The Formal Doctrine Of Their Disciplines, But Also Of The Manner In Which They Can Be Configured In Order To Achieve Persuasive Legitimacy As To Both Methods And Results. The Chapters In This Volume Represent An Attempt To Face Up To These Dilemmas In All Of Their Complexity, And To Suggest Ways In Which They Can Be Confronted Productively Both In The Abstract And In The Concrete Circumstances Of Particular Cases.
This volume investigates the complex, often contradictory relationship between state sovereignty, human rights protections, and national security imperatives. Editors Euan Macdonald and Philip Alston, both established scholars in international law, curate a collection of essays that move beyond simple binary oppositions. The text provides a framework for understanding how these three foundational concepts interact, seeking to establish methods for achieving legitimacy in international interventions and legal doctrine.
What You Will Find
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Legal scholars and practitioners frequently cite this collection as a sophisticated examination of the friction between international legal norms and state practice. The prose is noted for its academic rigor and its refusal to simplify the inherent dilemmas of global governance.
Page Count:
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Publication Date:
2008-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0191564583
ISBN-13:
9780191564581
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