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Just War
Authority, Tradition, and Practice
Authority is critical in two key senses. First, it is central to framing the ethical debate about the justice or injustice of war, raising questions about the universality of just war and the tradition's relationship to religion, law, and democracy. Second, who has the legitimate authority to make just-war claims and declare and prosecute war? Such authority has traditionally been located in the sovereign state, but non-state and supra-state claims to legitimate authority have become increasingly important over the last twenty years as the just war tradition has been used to think about multilateral military operations, terrorism, guerrilla warfare, and sub-state violence. The chapters in this collection, organized around these two dimensions, offer a compelling reassessment of the authority issue's centrality in how we can, do, and ought to think about war in contemporary global politics.
About the Authors
Cian O'Driscoll is a lecturer in international politics at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
John Williams is a professor of international relations at Durham University.
Reviews
"A unique contribution to the mass of just-war literature . . . a book for the specialist and those well-versed in just war theory."—Laurence M. Vance, LewRockwell.com
Endorsements
"In the complex, multi-polar international environment of the twenty-first century, who has authority to wage war? This book offers a fascinating, varied, and thought-provoking set of answers to this difficult but immensely important question."—David Fisher, Kings College London
"The question of authority has sat at the heart of questions about the morality of war and peace for centuries. Combining forensic understanding of the history and complexity of this question with keen awareness of contemporary political challenges, this volume builds understanding of past traditions and sheds new light on today's moral dilemmas. It is essential reading for all those concerned about the moral questions posed by war."—Alexander Bellamy, professor of international security, Griffith University, Australia
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Other Titles by Anthony F. Lang, Jr.
Just Intervention
Other Titles by John Williams
Beating Time
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Zero-Sum Victory
Ireland's Helping Hand to Europe
Selling Intervention and War