Description
Book SynopsisAnalyses the seemingly inconsistent US relationship with international law by identifying five types of state support for international law: leadership, consent, internalization, compliance, and enforcement. Each follows different logics and entails unique costs and incentives.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1) The United States and International Law: Five Dimensions of Support
- Lucrecia GarcÍa Iommi (Fairfield University) and Richard W. Maass (Old Dominion University)
Part I: Governing International Relations
- 2) Enforcing Territorial Integrity: U.S. Support for the Prohibition of Conquest in International Law
- Richard W. Maass (Old Dominion University)
- 3) The United States and the International Court of Justice: A Century of Unfulfilled Promise
- Charlotte Ku (Texas A&M University)
- 4) Between Formalism and Instrumentalism: The United States and International Law Governing the Use of Inter-State Force
- Christian Henderson (University of Sussex)
- 5) The United States and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Pushing the Limits of the Law
- Jeffrey S. Lantis (The College of Wooster)
- 6) The United States and International Trade Law: A Precarious Relationship
- Judith L. Goldstein and Christina Toenshoff (Stanford University)
Part II: Governing Individuals
- 7) Human Rights Treaties in the United States: The Case of CEDAW
- Lisa Baldez (Dartmouth College)
- 8) The United States and the International Criminal Court: Interests, American Exceptionalism, and Why the U.S. Relationship with the ICC Does Not Change
- Lucrecia GarcÍa Iommi (Fairfield University)
- 9) The Double Life of Uncle Sam: The United States and the International Laws Banning Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment
- Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi (University of South Florida)
- 10) Contemporary U.S. Targeted Killing: Expanding the Legal Boundaries of Warfare to Facilitate State Violence
- Rebecca Sanders (University of Cincinnati)
Part III: Governing the Globe
- 11) “Exceptional” Leadership: The United States and the International Law of the Sea
- James Harrison and Oliver Turner (University of Edinburgh)
- 12) Leader or Laggard? The United States and International Environmental Law
- Pamela Chasek (Manhattan College) and David L. Downie (Fairfield University)
- 13) The United States and Cybersecurity Due Diligence: A Continuing Dialogue for International Cyber Norms
- Scott J. Shackelford and Rachel D. Dockery (Indiana University)
- 14) Understanding U.S. Support for International Law
- Richard W. Maass (Old Dominion University) and Lucrecia GarcÍa Iommi (Fairfield University)
- List of Contributors
