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! Read * Lawless World: Making and Breaking Global Rules by Philippe Sands ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Lawless World: Making and Breaking Global Rules A great introduction to international law R. Spottiswood Before starting, I must say that I do not know much about international law, though I have spent a lot of time observing international affairs. This book sets out what international law is, how it has been made, and how and why America is refusing to follow it. The first chapters deal specifically with the history of international law. Basically, it was essentially. Atlantic Charter to American Exceptionalism?? Stephen A. Haines In 1941, p
| Title | : | Lawless World: Making and Breaking Global Rules |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.47 (961 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0141985054 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
He is a practising barrister at the Matrix Chambers and has been involved in leading cases before English and international courts. Philippe Sands QC is Professor of Law at UCL and the author of several books on international law.
A great introduction to international law R. Spottiswood Before starting, I must say that I do not know much about international law, though I have spent a lot of time observing international affairs. This book sets out what international law is, how it has been made, and how and why America is refusing to follow it. The first chapters deal specifically with the history of international law. Basically, it was essentially. Atlantic Charter to American Exceptionalism?? Stephen A. Haines In 1941, prior to Pearl Harbour, the United States broke with a generation typified by "isolationism" from world affairs. Recognising the threat to world stability German and Japanese expansion posed, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt committed their nations to a novel thesis - international cooperation was the foundation for solutions to a variety of proble. Useful on the Iraq War William Podmore Philippe Sands, a Professor of Law at University College London, has written a book that should affect how we vote. How could we vote to re-elect as Prime Minister a man who should be tried and sentenced for the war crime of waging an illegal war of aggression?Sands opens with a brief introduction to the story of international law since 1945. He then looks at the P
Since FDR and Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter after WWII, putting in place a rules-based system limiting the use of force, protecting human rights and promoting fair economic liberalization, the world has seen a transformation of international relations, Sands explains, most dramatically marked by Bush's decision to "go it alone." Tracking the current administration's "efforts to rewrite international law into irrelevance," Sands covers the Pinochet case, the creation of the International Criminal Court, U.S. (Nov.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Sands, a British international lawyer and law professor, delivers a cool, reasoned lashing to the Bush administration for leading—and to Tony Blair for colluding with—a "full-scale assault" on the international rule of law, in this richly detailed survey of modern international legal disputes. The author also presents a se
His sensational revelations in Lawless World changed the political agenda overnight, forcing Tony Blair to publish damning mterial that he'd tried to hide. And he powerfully makes the case for preserving them before justice becomes history.. Now, in this updated edition with a shocking new chapter, you can get the full story of how the US and UK governments are riding roughshod over international agreements on human rights, war, torture and the environment - the very laws they put in place. International lawyer Philippe Sands has a unique insider's view of the elites who govern our lives. Here sands looks at why global rules matter for all of us
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