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Book SynopsisThis book provides a stimulating discussion of, and introduction to, just war theory.
Trade ReviewA timely work that engages with many important issues of the day ! In many respects the most salient aspect of this volume is its ability to dissect the moral rhetoric increasingly espoused by the Bush administration ! If just war is to be more than simply a rhetorical device then this exploration of its applicability to current policy is welcome and necessary. A timely work that engages with many important issues of the day ! In many respects the most salient aspect of this volume is its ability to dissect the moral rhetoric increasingly espoused by the Bush administration ! If just war is to be more than simply a rhetorical device then this exploration of its applicability to current policy is welcome and necessary.
Table of ContentsContributors; Preface; Introduction: Moral Theory and the Idea of a Just War; Mark Evans (University of Wales, Swansea); Part 1: Just Cause; 2. The Justice of Preemption and Preventive War Doctrines; Neta C. Crawford (Brown University, RI); 3. Punitive Intervention: Enforcing Justice or Creating Conflict?; Anthony F. Lang Jr (University of St Andrews); 4. In Humanity's Name: Democracy and the Right to Wage War; Mark Evans (University of Wales, Swansea); Part 2: Justice in the Conduct of War; 5. The Concept of Proportionality: Old Problems, New Ambiguities; Kateri Carmola (Middlebury College, Vermont); 6. Just War? Just Children?; Helen Brocklehurst (University of Wales, Swansea); 7. Is There a Supreme Emergency Exemption?; Brian Orend (University of Waterloo, Western Ontario); Part 3: Justice and the End of War; 8. Security Beyond the State: Cosmopolitanism, Peace and the Role of Just War Theory; Patrick Hayden (Victoria University, Wellington); 9. Forgiveness and Reconciliation in 'Jus Post Bellum'; Andrew Rigby (Coventry University); 10. Conclusion: In Defence of Just War Theory; Mark Evans (University of Wales, Swansea); Bibliography; Index.
