Humanity's Law

by Ruti G. Teitel

Book Overview

In Humanity's Law, renowned legal scholar Ruti Teitel offers a powerful account of one of the central transformations of the post-Cold War era: the profound normative shift in the international legal order from prioritizing state security to protecting human security. As she demonstrates, courts, tribunals, and other international bodies now rely on a humanity-based framework to assess the rights and wrongs of conflict; to determine whether and how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195370910
• ISBN13: 9780195370911
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"