Spring 2012 (26.1) • Essay
The International Criminal Court’s Provisional Authority to Coerce
Drawing on Immanuel Kant’s political theory, I outline two reasons the ICC’s coercive authority matters for its practical and political success. First, for ...
Spring 2012 (26.1) • Essay
Why the International Criminal Court Must Pretend to Ignore Politics
While pretending that political factors are irrelevant may appear dishonest, and therefore unethical, forcing the court to pretend to rely on exclusively legal reasons for ...
Spring 2012 (26.1) • Essay
The ICC’s Potential for Doing Bad When Pursuing Good
In this essay I outline three possible negative consequences that could, if they constitute preponderant outcomes, indicate that the court is failing to serve an ...
Spring 2012 (26.1) • Essay
Why the ICC Should Operate Within Peace Processes
This essay makes a consequentialist case against the strict separation of law from politics, particularly in situations of ongoing political violence. In part, this is ...
Spring 2012 (26.1) • Essay
A Brief Response to Michael Ignatieff
For me, the challenge for those committed to a global ethic is not to make better arguments, to point out more contradictions, to seek greater ...
Spring 2012 (26.1) • Essay
The Dialogue of Global Ethics
True to the spirit of Isaiah Berlin, Ignatieff’s is a cosmopolitanism shorn of any totalizing impulse. Its ultimate value is dialogue; its ultimate requirement ...
Spring 2012 (26.1) • Essay
Toward a Global Ethic
In this essay I will not address the content of a global ethic—that is, the particular rights and responsibilities it assigns—but shall instead ...
Winter 2011 (25.4) • Review
Briefly Noted
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.