Meeting the Enemy: American Exceptionalism and International Law

by Natsu Saito

Since its founding, the United States has defined itself as the supreme protector of freedom throughout the world, pointing to its Constitution as the model of law to ensure democracy at home and to protect human rights internationally. Although the United States has consistently emphasized the importance of the international legal system, it has simultaneously distanced itself from many established principles of international law and the institutions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814798365
• ISBN13: 9780814798362
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"