Just war : authority, tradition, and practice

by Anthony F. Lang

Paper Book, 2013

Status

Available

Call number

U21.2

Publication

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013].

Description

The just war tradition is central to the practice of international relations, in questions of war, peace, and the conduct of war in the contemporary world, but surprisingly few scholars have questioned the authority of the tradition as a source of moral guidance for modern statecraft. Just War: Authority, Tradition, and Practice brings together many of the most important contemporary writers on just war to consider questions of authority surrounding the just war tradition. Authority is critical in two key senses. First, it is central to framing the ethical debate about the justice or injustic

Local notes

USIP Grant product USIP-162-08F

ISBN

9781589019966

Barcode

27689
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