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Author Reisman, W. Michael (William Michael), 1939-

Title The quest for world order and human dignity in the twenty-first century : constitutive process and individual commitment : general course on public international law / W. Michael Reisman.

Publication Info. [The Hague] : Hague Academy of International Law, 2013.
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (487 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Pocketbooks of the Hague Academy of International Law.
Pocketbooks of the Hague Academy of International Law.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note "Full text of the lecture published in September 2012 in the Recueil des cours, vol. 351 (2010)"--Page [2].
Contents Preliminary Material : Breaking out of Alice's looking-glass : an introduction -- What is international law attached to? -- Some propositions and conditioning factors -- The world constitutive process and its decision functions -- The international lawmaking function -- Two modes of principled decision-making -- The international law-applying function -- Participation arrangements for States: the transformation of self-determination and the emergence of the individual -- Sovereignty and human rights : changing the internal arrangements of States by external means -- The actors theory has ignored -- Human rights and individualism : regulating national control and providing international protection -- Contingencies for the use of force : myth system and operational code -- The use and abuse of force : jus in bello -- The penumbra of professionalism : the citizenship role of the international lawyer -- International law as a profession : dilemmas of identity and commitment.
Summary This General Course is concerned, first, with understanding and assessing the aggregate performance of the world constitutive process, in present and projected constructs; second, with providing the intellectual tools that can enable those involved in making decisions to be more effective, whether they are operating in islands or offshore; and, third, with inquiring into ways the international legal system might be improved. Reisman identifies the individual as the ultimate actor in international law and explores the dilemmas of meaningful individual commitment to a world order of human dignit.
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Subject International law -- History -- 21st century.
International law.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Human rights -- History -- 21st century.
Human rights.
Aggression (International law) -- History -- 21st century.
Aggression (International law)
Just war doctrine -- History -- 21st century.
Just war doctrine.
World politics -- 21st century.
World politics.
Chronological Term 2000 - 2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Subject Human rights.
Added Author Hague Academy of International Law.
Other Form: Print version: Reisman, W. Michael (William Michael), 1939- Quest for world order and human dignity in the twenty-first century. [The Hague] : Hague Academy of International Law, 2013, ©2012 9789004236158 (OCoLC)836850066
ISBN 9789004236165 (electronic book)
9004236163 (electronic book)
9789004236158
9004236155