International law and the nature of the global order is regularly
examined and debated among specialists. This volume brings together
in one place twenty-four articles addressing these subjects,
written by some of America's leading academics, lawyers, and
policymakers, and originally published in The National Interest, a
leading realist journal of international affairs.
Prominent jurists, lawyers, and practitioners debate the role
that international law should play in the formulation of policy in
the first section, and whether "international law" really exists.
Authors explore such questions as the enforceable norms of global
behavior, and if American foreign policy should conform to such
regulations. A second section looks at the viability and utility of
international institutions in advancing U.S. interests. Included
are debates over the role and purpose of the United Nations and the
International Criminal Court. A third Section deals with the
intersection of law enforcement and foreign policy. It explores
such questions as whether primary responsibility for combating
global terrorism and the international drug trade should be vested
with law enforcement agencies or whether it should fall under the
purview of foreign policy.
The final portion of the book is devoted to the question of
human rights, particularly the tripartite debate between Robin Fox,
Francis Fukuyama, and William F. Schulz over the nature and origins
of human rights. Among the questions considered are whether human
rights are an outgrowth of natural law, or are natural imperatives
at odds with protecting individual dignities and freedoms. Is there
a universal standard of rights, or are human rights norms derived
from majority consensus?
The list of distinguished contributors to this volume include
John Bolton, Robert Bork, Lee Casey, Douglas Feith, Owen Harries,
Senator Jesse Helms, Alan Keyes, Irving Kristol, Joseph Nye, Jeremy
Rabkin, David Rivkin, Alfred P. Rubin, and Abrahama Sofaer. This
volume will be of interest to legal scholars, political scientists,
and students of diplomacy and international relations.
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