Legitimacy, justice and public international law
By: edited by Lukas H. Meyer.
Contributors: Meyer, Lukas H.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780521199490
Subjects: International law -- Congresses; Legitimacy of governments -- Congresses; International agencies -- Congresses; International offenses -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "Do states or individuals stand under duties of international justice to people who live  elsewhere and to other states? How are we to assess the legitimacy of international  institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations Security  Council? Should we support reforms of international institutions and how should we go about assessing alternative proposals of such reforms? The book brings together leading scholars of public international law, jurisprudence and international relations, political philosophers and political theorists to explore the central notions of international legitimacy and global justice. The essays examine how these notions are related and how understanding the relationships will help us comparatively assess the validity of proposals for the reform of international institutions and public international law"--Provided by publisher.

"In this introduction, we attempt to elucidate three theoretical perspectives that are helpful in framing the contributions to this volume. In the course of this elucidation we also attempt to indicate some important problems that the debate currently faces. We do this through discussions of international legitimacy, international justice and the relations between ideal and non-ideal theory"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Legitimacy, justice and public international law: three perspectives on the debate Lukas H. Meyer and Pranay Sanklecha; 1. The legitimacy of global governance institutions Allen Buchanan and Robert O. Keohane; 2. Institutionalising global demoi-cracy Samantha Besson; 3. The responsibilities and legitimacy of economic international institutions Simon Caney; 4. Do international organisations play favourites? An impartialist account Steven R. Ratner; 5. 'Victors' justice?' Historic injustice and the legitimacy of international law Daniel Butt; 6. International law and global justice Peter Koller; 7. Global justice: problems of a cosmoplitan account Herlinde Pauer-Studer; 8. The responsibility to protect human rights David Miller; 9. The threat of violence and of new military force as a challenge to international public law Matthias Lutz-Bachmann; 10. Forcing a people to be free Arthur Applbaum.