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Taking Auden's Age of Anxiety as a leitmotiv and drawing on
literature from law, philosophy, political theory, international
relations, and sociology, Toope argues with passion that a renewed
faith in the rule of law can address troubling developments in our
own anxious times: populist nationalism; globalisation; and
disruptive technologies with their dominating platforms. We can
address anxiety by bolstering social resilience, drawing upon a
plural intellectual heritage. That heritage reveals a unique type
of 'authority' in society, 'epistemic practical authority' built up
continuously through social discourse and action, shifting focus
from the state of 'being' to the dynamic of 'becoming.' What is
law's role in this world? The modest, yet powerful, version of the
rule of law advocated here is one that draws on a wellspring of
practical wisdom - prudence gleaned from pragmatic experience. It
chastens power, while not disconnecting law from other sources of
social action and human agency.
The violent attacks on journalists at Charlie Hebdo and shoppers in
a Jewish supermarket in Paris in January 2015 left seventeen dead
and shocked the world. In the aftermath, the public struggles with
unsettling questions: What is the cost of free expression? Do the
world's major cities embrace multiculturalism? Is the broad range
of proposed new security measures too intrusive? After the Paris
Attacks brings together leading scholars and journalists to respond
to this tragedy and to debate how we can reach a safer and saner
future. In this timely book, experts from fields such as law,
political science, and philosophy grapple with the vital challenges
of balancing security, justice, and tolerance, and offer astute and
penetrating insights into how the world can best respond to these
challenges.
It has never been more important to understand how international
law enables and constrains international politics. By drawing
together the legal theory of Lon Fuller and the insights of
constructivist international relations scholars, this book
articulates a pragmatic view of how international obligation is
created and maintained. First, legal norms can only arise in the
context of social norms based on shared understandings. Second,
internal features of law, or 'criteria of legality', are crucial to
law's ability to promote adherence, to inspire 'fidelity'. Third,
legal norms are built, maintained or destroyed through a continuing
practice of legality. Through case studies of the climate change
regime, the anti-torture norm, and the prohibition on the use of
force, it is shown that these three elements produce a distinctive
legal legitimacy and a sense of commitment among those to whom law
is addressed.
It has never been more important to understand how international
law enables and constrains international politics. By drawing
together the legal theory of Lon Fuller and the insights of
constructivist international relations scholars, this book
articulates a pragmatic view of how international obligation is
created and maintained. First, legal norms can only arise in the
context of social norms based on shared understandings. Second,
internal features of law, or 'criteria of legality', are crucial to
law's ability to promote adherence, to inspire 'fidelity'. Third,
legal norms are built, maintained or destroyed through a continuing
practice of legality. Through case studies of the climate change
regime, the anti-torture norm, and the prohibition on the use of
force, it is shown that these three elements produce a distinctive
legal legitimacy and a sense of commitment among those to whom law
is addressed.
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