Edited by Amy Bartholomew
CAN DEMOCRACY AND human rights be imposed “by fire and sword”? Influential intellectuals, lawyers, and politicians from Canada, the U.S., and Europe, including Leo Panitch, Sam Gindin, Reg Whitaker, Jurgen Habermas, Andrew Arato, and Samir Amin, examine the impact that the doctrine of pre-emptive war has had on international law and human rights, and its implications for the future of global justice and the rule of law.
Edited by Amy Bartholomew
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392 pages
1-897071-09-4
2006
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Charting new ways forward, and drawing on a variety of legal and political arguments, the contributors provide a wide-ranging analysis that will be useful to anyone with an interest in imperialism and international law.
"This remarkable collection of essays illuminates more fully than any other volume the costs of the Iraq war, especially the radical denial of the relevance of international law in the US's pursuit of global empire. To understand this geopolitical challenge, citizens the world over should treat Empire's Law as required reading."
Richard A. Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Princeton University
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Amy Bartholomew is Associate Professor of Law at Carleton University. In April 2004, she was called as an expert witness at the World Tribunal on Iraq. She is the co-editor of several volumes on legal studies.
