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Institutionalizing the just war / Allen Buchanan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.Description: x, 321 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780190878436 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Institutionalizing the just warDDC classification:
  • 172/.42 23
LOC classification:
  • U22 .B83 2018
Contents:
Institutionalizing the just war -- A richer Jus Ad Bellum -- Institutional legitimacy -- Reciprocal institutional legitimation -- The internal legitimacy of humanitarian intervention -- Reforming the law of humanitarian intervention -- Justifying preventive war, institutionally -- Precommitment regimes for intervention.
Summary: "This book provides a new approach to theorizing the morality of war. It argues that sound moral principles regarding war-making must take into account the fact that the validity of moral principles regarding war-making can depend upon existing institutions and potential feasible institutional innovations."--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Institutionalizing the just war -- A richer Jus Ad Bellum -- Institutional legitimacy -- Reciprocal institutional legitimation -- The internal legitimacy of humanitarian intervention -- Reforming the law of humanitarian intervention -- Justifying preventive war, institutionally -- Precommitment regimes for intervention.

"This book provides a new approach to theorizing the morality of war. It argues that sound moral principles regarding war-making must take into account the fact that the validity of moral principles regarding war-making can depend upon existing institutions and potential feasible institutional innovations."--Provided by publisher.

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