Reviews for Books in general

The average rating for Books in general based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-01-31 00:00:00 Dani Marcushevic This is an extended essay. It is a paean to the idea that there is such a thing as an international constitution enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The basic idea is that there is a body of positive law that has developed as states have learned through conflict. There is an ethical basis to interstate relations due to the horrors of past conflict. Realists will scoff. Practical diplomats will call the book utopian. Liberal internationalists will say, "of course." The book's main value is its clear and concise treatment of the Kantian solution to harmonious relations between states. In some ways, the book reads like irony as the liberal international order comes apart in the twenty-first century.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-08-18 00:00:00 Herman Hood We are watching Dorsey Armstrong's lecture series on Great Courses, so I had to get this out to review. Lots of good articles in here and the excerpts a well selected. I don't get the footnotes. My edition marks the numbers but there are no notes to be found. Maybe there was a second volume to this? Something else to research.