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Book SynopsisWhat authority does international law really have for the United States? When and to what extent should the United States participate in the international legal system? This book provides an insight into these questions. It traces the traditional American wariness of international law to the basic principles of American thought.
Trade Review"[A] forceful defense of the virtues of national sovereignty... Law without Nations? is readable and persuasive."--Thomas Nagel, New Republic "[A] learned and closely-argued book... His argument is rich in scholarship, detail and nuance."--Peter Berkowitz, Policy Review "Rabkin has skillfully and intrepidly outlined the main problems, including the dangerous embrace of 'soft law' and the hobbling of the right of states to self-defense... [T]he present volume should be required reading."--Michla Pomerance, Azure
Table of ContentsCHAPTER ONE: Introduction: By Our Own Lights 1 CHAPTER TWO: Global Governance or Constitutional Government? 18 CHAPTER THREE: The Constitutional Logic of Sovereignty 45 CHAPTER FOUR: The Enlightenment and the Law of Nations 71 CHAPTER FIVE: Diplomacy of Independence 98 CHAPTER SIX: A World Safe for Eurogovernance 130 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Human Rights Crusade 158 CHAPTER EIGHT: Is Sovereignty Traded in Trade Agreements? 193 CHAPTER NINE: American Independence and the Opinions of Mankind 233 Notes 271 Index 345
