Lawless world
Subtitle: America and the making and breaking of global rules from FDR's Atlantic Charter to George W. Bush's illegal war
By: Philippe Sands.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: International law -- United States; Law -- Political aspects; United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
Description: Explaining how and why radical policy shifts are occurring in twenty-first-century administrations, a cautionary account outlines the potential consequences of broken international agreements.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: International law : a short and recent history; title: Pinochet in London; title: A new international court; title: Global warming : throwing precaution to the wind; title: Good trade, bad trade, cheap shrimp; title: A safer world, for investors; title: Guantánamo : the legal black hole; title: Kicking ass in Iraq; title: Terrorists and torturers; title: Tough guys and lawyers; title: Window dressing.