Spring 2019 (33.1) • Essay
Introduction: Balancing Legal Norms, Moral Values, and National Interests
How do states reconcile national interests with legal norms and moral values? One answer lies in the concept of good international citizenship.
Spring 2019 (33.1) • Essay
A Christian View of Humanitarian Intervention
Even when humanitarian intervention violates the letter of international law, and even when it is motivated by self-interest, it may still be morally justified.
Spring 2019 (33.1) • Essay
Secessionist Conflict: A Happy Marriage between Norms and Interests?
In secessionist conflicts, actors tend to choose norms that align with their interests. But there are important outlier cases that complicate this picture, writes Rafael ...
Spring 2019 (33.1) • Essay
Unresolved and Unresolvable? Tensions in the Refugee Regime
Advancing durable solutions does not necessarily mean overcoming the inherent tensions in the refugee regime between law, morality, and national interests.
Spring 2019 (33.1) • Essay
Conflicting Norms, Values, and Interests: A Perspective from Legal Academia
This essay argues that norms, values, and interests do not inhabit different universes, but are interrelated concepts.
Spring 2019 (33.1) • Essay
Humanitarian Diplomacy: The ICRC’s Neutral and Impartial Advocacy in Armed Conflicts
This essay argues that there is an important place for the ICRC’s style of “quiet” diplomacy alongside other “loud” forms of advocacy.
Spring 2019 (33.1) • Response
Could a United Nations Code of Conduct Help Curb Atrocities? A Response to Bolarinwa Adediran
Although a UN code of conduct may have little effect on Security Council decision-making, the proposals have already proven their worth in political and normative ...
Spring 2019 (33.1) • Review Essay
The Many Evils of Inequality: An Examination of T. M. Scanlon’s Pluralist Account
This review essay presents an in-depth theoretical look at—and critique of—Scanlon’s pluralist approach to objectionable inequality.
Spring 2019 (33.1) • Review
Crime and Global Justice: The Dynamics of International Punishment, by Daniele Archibugi and Alice Pease
In this book, Archibugi and Pease survey familiar territory, but they distinguish their contribution by using case studies to tell their story, focusing on the ...
Spring 2019 (33.1) • Review
Should We Control World Population? by Diana Coole
This book provides an antidote to the commonly held assumption that procreation is beyond the legitimate scope of governmental influence.