The Internationalists
And Their Plan to Outlaw War
$51.01
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2018
Summary
Since the end of the Second World War, the world has moved from an international system in which war was legal, and accepted as the ultimate arbiter of disputes between nations, to one in which it was not. How did this epochal transformation come about? This remarkable book, which combines political, legal and intellectual history, traces the origins and course of one of the great shifts in the modern world. The pivot of The Internationalists is the Paris Peace Pact of 1928. Spurred …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141981864 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141981865 |
| Author: | Oona Hathaway, Scott Shapiro |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 444g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 132mm x 30mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Genuine originality is unusual in political history. The Internationalists is an original book.
Genuine originality is unusual in political history. The Internationalists is an original book. – Louis Menand * New Yorker *
An impassioned history of how the liberal international order came into being and why it must be defended as never before * Economist *
The Internationalists is a fascinating and challenging book, which raises gravely important issues for the present. – Margaret MacMillan * Financial Times *
An extraordinary high-wire act … this book is a lively firecracker that illuminates not only the past, but also the present – Adam Roberts * Telegraph *
About The Author
Oona Hathaway
Oona A. Hathaway is Professor of International Law and Professor of Political Science at Yale Law School, where she is the Director of the Center for Global Legal Challenges. In 2014-2015, she served as Special Counsel to the General Counsel for National Security Law at the Department of Defense.
Scott J. Shapiro is Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School, where he is the Director of the Centre for Law and Philosophy. He is the author of Legality and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and the Philosophy of Law.
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