Just War: Authority, Tradition, and Practice

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: Auth...

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Auteur principal: Lang, Anthony F. 1968- (Auteur)
Collaborateurs: O'Driscoll, Cian (Autre) ; Williams, John 1969- (Autre)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: Washington Georgetown University Press 2013
Dans:Année: 2013
Recensions:[Rezension von: Just war] (2015) (Cole, Darrell)
Sujets non-standardisés:B Electronic books
B Transportation and state -- Congresses
B Just war doctrine ; Congresses
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Erscheint auch als: Just War : Authority, Tradition, and Practice:
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Résumé: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 injustice
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Description matérielle:Online-Ressource (337 p)
ISBN:978-1-58901-996-6