{"product_id":"law-without-nations-why-constitutional-government-requires-sovereign-states-9780691130552","title":"Law Without Nations?: Why Constitutional Government Requires Sovereign States","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat authority does international law really have for the United States? When and to what extent should the United States participate in the international legal system? This forcefully argued book by legal scholar Jeremy Rabkin provides an insightful new look at this important and much-debated question. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Americans have long asked whether the United States should join forces with institutions such as the International Criminal Court and sign on to agreements like the Kyoto Protocol. Rabkin argues that the value of international agreements in such circumstances must be weighed against the threat they pose to liberties protected by strong national authority and institutions. He maintains that the protection of these liberties could be fatally weakened if we go too far in ceding authority to international institutions that might not be zealous in protecting the rights Americans deem important. Similarly, any cessation of authority might leave Americans far less attached to the resulting hybrid legal system than they now are to laws they can regard as their own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaw without Nations?\u003c\/i\u003e traces the traditional American wariness of international law to the basic principles of American thought and the broader traditions of liberal political thought on which the American Founders drew: only a sovereign state can make and enforce law in a reliable way, so only a sovereign state can reliably protect the rights of its citizens. It then contrasts the American experience with that of the European Union, showing the difficulties that can arise from efforts to merge national legal systems with supranational schemes. In practice, international human rights law generates a cloud of rhetoric that does little to secure human rights, and in fact, is at odds with American principles, Rabkin concludes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A challenging and important contribution to the current debates about the meaning of multilateralism and international law, \u003ci\u003eLaw without Nations?\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to a broad cross-section of scholars in both the legal and political science arenas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy a. Rabkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.34w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691130552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy A. Rabkin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Government at Cornell University, where he teaches courses on international law and American constitutional history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41015260414067,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":66.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f78cd183-8af4-450e-ad5a-2832ac159d80.jpg?v=1697555455","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/law-without-nations-why-constitutional-government-requires-sovereign-states-9780691130552","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}