International law, US power : the United States' quest for legal security /
"Observers of the USA's attitude towards international law seem to be perpetually taken aback by its actions, whether those relate to the use of force, the International Criminal Court or human rights. This book sets out to articulate the considerable degree of continuity in the nature of...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Beyond the myth of the golden age
- The US quest for legal security
- The US pursuit of legal security through the evolution of the international law of dispute resolution
- The US pursuit of legal security through the evolving regime relating to the use of force
- The US pursuit of legal security in substantive policy arenas
- Techniques through which the United States has reconciled its practice of offensive legal security with the principle of sovereign equality
- The practice of offensive legal security in US diplomacy
- The future of US engagement with international law