Summer 2011 (25.2) • Review
Briefly Noted [Full Text]
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.
Summer 2010 (24.2) • Review
Briefly Noted
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.
Summer 2010 (24.2) • Review
Renegotiation of the Just War Tradition and the Right to War in the Twenty-First Century by Cian O'Driscoll
What were the primary justifications for the Iraq War, and how do they relate to classical and contemporary just war thought? Identifying three such justifications—...
Summer 2010 (24.2) • Review
Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification Edited by Henry Shue and David Rodin
Surveying a variety of perspectives on the uses and limits of preemption, this edited volume coalesces around three key themes: differences in just war terminology ...
Summer 2010 (24.2) • Review
A Cosmopolitanism of Nations: Giuseppe Mazzini's Writings on Democracy, Nation Building, and International Relations Edited by Stefano Recchia and Nadia Urbinati
Editors Stefano Recchia and Nadia Urbinati assemble a new collection of original texts by Giuseppe Mazzini, a 19th century Italian activist-philosopher who, despite being almost ...
Summer 2010 (24.2) • Review
The Gender of Reparations: Unsettling Sexual Hierarchies While Redressing Human Rights Violations Edited by Ruth Rubio-Marin
This edited collection provides a gender-sensitive analysis of reparations programs in transitional and postconflict societies, examining the gendered nature of violence during armed conflict and ...
Summer 2010 (24.2) • Feature
Deterrence, Democracy, and the Pursuit of International Justice
Recent indictments of sitting heads of state and rebel leaders engaged in ongoing conflicts are radically altering our conception of international criminal justice. But contrary ...
Summer 2010 (24.2) • Feature
The Paradox of Partnership: Assessing New Forms of NGO Advocacy on Labor Rights
Labor rights public-private partnerships are an important and growing phenomenon in corporate governance, even while they are sometimes used instrumentally by business for reputational reasons, ...
Summer 2010 (24.2) • Feature
The Responsibility to Protect—Five Years On
States' Responsibility to Protect vulnerable populations has become a prominent feature in international debates about preventing genocide and mass atrocities and about protecting potential victims. ...