With the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq, the
most controversial question in world politics fast became whether
the United States stands within the order of international law or
outside it. Does America still play by the rules it helped create?
"American Exceptionalism and Human Rights" addresses this question
as it applies to U.S. behavior in relation to international human
rights. With essays by eleven leading experts in such fields as
international relations and international law, it seeks to show and
explain how America's approach to human rights differs from that of
most other Western nations.
In his introduction, Michael Ignatieff identifies three main
types of exceptionalism: exemptionalism (supporting treaties as
long as Americans are exempt from them); double standards
(criticizing "others for not heeding the findings of international
human rights bodies, but ignoring what these bodies say of the
United States); and legal isolationism (the tendency of American
judges to ignore other jurisdictions). The contributors use
Ignatieff's essay as a jumping-off point to discuss specific types
of exceptionalism--America's approach to capital punishment and to
free speech, for example--or to explore the social, cultural, and
institutional roots of exceptionalism.
These essays--most of which appear in print here for the first
time, and all of which have been revised or updated since being
presented in a year-long lecture series on American exceptionalism
at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government--are
by Stanley Hoffmann, Paul Kahn, Harold Koh, Frank Michelman, Andrew
Moravcsik, John Ruggie, Frederick Schauer, Anne-Marie Slaughter,
Carol Steiker, and Cass Sunstein.
General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2005 |
First published: |
July 2005 |
Editors: |
Michael Ignatieff
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Dimensions: |
235 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-11648-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
General
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LSN: |
0-691-11648-2 |
Barcode: |
9780691116488 |
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