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International Law and the Construction of the Liberal Peace
This book argues that an international community of liberal states has increasingly demonstrated a tendency to deny non-liberal states their previously held sovereign right to non-intervention; and that this has impacted profoundly on international law.
| Author(s) | By Dr Russell Buchan (University of Reading, UK). |
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| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 258 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 24 Jul 2013 |
| Availability | Available |
This book argues that an international community of liberal states has increasingly demonstrated a tendency to deny non-liberal states their previously held sovereign right to non-intervention; and that this has impacted profoundly on international law.
Introduction PART 1 1: The International Society and the International Community 1. Introduction 2. The International Society 3. The International Community 3.1 Liberalism and Legitimate Statehood 3.2 Illegitimacy and the Denial of Sovereign
Russell Buchan is a Lecturer in International Law at the University of Sheffield.
