Fairness in international law and institutions

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Fairness in international law and institutions

Thomas M. Franck

Oxford University Press , Clarendon Press, 1995

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Includes bibliographical footnotes and index

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ISBN 9780198259015

Description

This text is based upon Professor Franck's "Hague Academy General Course", and offers a view of the future of international legal reasoning and legal theory. The author offers a critical analysis of the prescriptive norms and institutions of modern international law and argues that international law has the capacity to advance, in practice, the abstract social values shared by the community of states and persons.
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pbk ISBN 9780198267850

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This book is based on Professor Franck's highly acclaimed Hague Academy General Course. In it he offers a compelling view of the future of international legal reasoning and legal theory. The author offers a critical analysis of the prescriptive norms and institutions of modern international law and argues that international law has the capacity to advance, in practice, the abstract social values shared by the community of states and persons. This book is both thought-provoking and original and as such is essential reading for students of international law and legal theory.

Table of Contents

  • PART I: A CRITICAL ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR A CRITIQUE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
  • PART II: FAIRNESS IN EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS AND PEOPLES
  • PART III: FAIRNESS AND INSTITUTIONAL POWER
  • PART IV: THE LAW AND INSTITUTIONS OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
  • PART V: FAIRNESS ABOUT FAIRNESS: SHAPING A GLOBAL DISCOURSE

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