TY  - BOOK
AU  - Posner,Eric A.
TI  - The perils of global legalism
SN  - 9780226675923
AV  - KZ3160.P67 P47 2009
U1  - 341.01 23
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chicago, [Ill.], London
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - International law
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - International relations
KW  - International and municipal law
KW  - Law
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Politics & government
KW  - thema
KW  - Law & society, sociology of law
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - The first months of the Obama administration have led to expectations, both in the US and abroad, that in the coming years America will increasingly promote the international rule of law - a position that many believe is both ethically necessary and in the nation's best interests. With 'The Perils of Global Legalism', Eric A. Posner explains that such views demonstrate a dangerously naive tendency toward legalism - an idealistic belief that law can be effective even in the absence of legitimate institutions of governance
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