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SEP 13, 2012 • Journal
Humanity’s Law by Ruti G. Teitel
In the last years of the twentieth century, at least partly as a result of the end of the cold war, the language of universal ...
SEP 13, 2012 • Journal
The International Human Rights Movement: A History by Aryeh Neier
Aryeh Neier has written a fluent and engaging history of the international human rights movement, of which he is a senior statesman. But his "history" ...
SEP 13, 2012 • Journal
The Problem of Harm in World Politics: Theoretical Investigations by Andrew Linklater
Linklater engages in a sustained reflection on the core theoretical issues surrounding the problem of harm in world politics. His goal, as he puts it, ...
SEP 13, 2012 • Journal
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution by Francis Fukuyama
REVIEW BY JACK SNYDER. What is the historical secret leading to stable political orders?
SEP 13, 2012 • Journal
Briefly Noted
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.
SEP 13, 2012 • Journal
Limiting the Killing in War: Military Necessity and the St. Petersburg Assumption
In this article, we explain why an ideal typical war cannot be regulated with rules that attach to individuals’ moral status; propose an alternative framework ...
SEP 13, 2012 • Journal
International Rescue and Mediated Consequences
It is generally assumed that when judging the proportionality of a humanitarian intervention, these consequences must be factored into the equation. If an intervention is ...
SEP 13, 2012 • Journal
Two Cheers for Humanitarianism
The unsettled boundaries of what properly constitutes humanitarianism brings a number of difficult questions to the surface.
SEP 11, 2012 • Podcast
The Power of Safety: How Safe Habits Triggered Responsibility at Alcoa
Business ethics professor and former Alcoa VP Bill O'Rourke shows how making safety a top priority transformed Alcoa across the board, in every aspect of ...
SEP 7, 2012 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: South Africa: The Impossible Dream?
It's been about 20 years since South Africa emerged from apartheid, but a recent series of violent confrontations between police and striking mine workers have exposed ...