What is a Fair International Society?

What is a Fair International Society?
Author: Emmanuelle Tourme Jouannet
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2014-07-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1782252770

Today's world is post-colonial and post-Cold War. These twin characteristics explain why international society is also riddled with the two major forms of injustice which Nancy Fraser identified as afflicting national societies. First, the economic and social disparities between states caused outcry in the 1950s when the first steps were taken towards decolonisation. These inequalities, to which a number of emerging states now contribute, are still glaring and still pose the problem of the gap between formal equality and true equality. Second, international society is increasingly confronted with culture- and identity-related claims, stretching the dividing line between equality and difference. The less-favoured states, those that feel stigmatised, but also native peoples, ethnic groups, minorities and women now aspire to both legal recognition of their equal dignity and the protection of their identities and cultures. Some even seek reparation for injustices arising from the past violation of their identities and the confiscation of their property or land. In answer to these two forms of claim, the subjects of international society have come up with two types of remedy encapsulated in legal rules: the law of development and the law of recognition. These two sets of rights are neither wholly autonomous and individualised branches of law nor formalised sets of rules. They are imperfect and have their dark side. Yet they can be seen as the first milestones towards what might become a fairer international society; one that is both equitable (as an answer to socio-economic injustice) and decent (as an answer to cultural injustice). This book explores this evolution in international society, setting it in historical perspective and examining its presuppositions and implications.

The Fair Society

The Fair Society
Author: Peter Corning
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2011-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0226116271

We've been told, again and again, that life is unfair. But what if we're wrong simply to resign ourselves to this situation? Drawing on the evidence from our evolutionary history and the emergent science of human nature, this title shows that we have an innate sense of fairness.

The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law

The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law
Author: Amal Clooney
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 1057
Release: 2021-02-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0198808399

This book provides a comprehensive explanation of what the right to a fair trial means in practice under international law. Focus on factual scenarios that practitioners may, it brings together sources and cases that define the right to a fair trial in criminal proceedings.

A Philosophy for a Fair Society

A Philosophy for a Fair Society
Author: Michael Hudson
Publisher: Shepheard-Walwyn
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0856833843

With the eclipse of the New Right, politicians now admit that society is in crisis. Something must be done, but, explain the authors, governments will fail again unless they shake off the economic orthodoxy that is now one of the problems rather than the means to a solution. This book investigates the roots of the problem, both historically and theoretically. Dr Michael Hudson draws on archaeology and history, from Bronze Age Mesopotamia through Rome to Byzantium, to show how a destructive virus crept into the body politic. This led to a breakdown in man's relation to the environment and divided society into a wealthy ruling oligarchy and an impoverished majority.

How Much Inequality Is Fair?

How Much Inequality Is Fair?
Author: Venkat Venkatasubramanian
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2017-08-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0231543220

Many in the United States feel that the nation’s current level of economic inequality is unfair and that capitalism is not working for 90% of the population. Yet some inequality is inevitable. The question is: What level of inequality is fair? Mainstream economics has offered little guidance on fairness and the ideal distribution of income. Political philosophy, meanwhile, has much to say about fairness yet relies on qualitative theories that cannot be verified by empirical data. To address inequality, we need to know what the goal is—and for this, we need a quantitative, testable theory of fairness for free-market capitalism. How Much Inequality Is Fair? synthesizes concepts from economics, political philosophy, game theory, information theory, statistical mechanics, and systems engineering into a mathematical framework for a fair free-market society. The key to this framework is the insight that maximizing fairness means maximizing entropy, which makes it possible to determine the fairest possible level of pay inequality. The framework therefore provides a moral justification for capitalism in mathematical terms. Venkat Venkatasubramanian also compares his theory’s predictions to actual inequality data from various countries—showing, for instance, that Scandinavia has near-ideal fairness, while the United States is markedly unfair—and discusses the theory’s implications for tax policy, social programs, and executive compensation.

China and the International Society

China and the International Society
Author: Jinjun Zhao
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2014
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1938134516

What is the relationship between China and the international society? It is a question of historical and realistic significance for China and the world to answer. Since the reform and opening up, China initiated a journey to get integrated into the international society. As an emerging power, China is trying to seek identities, display strength, and build a good reputation. Under various determinants and possibilities, the relationship between China and the international society manifests a feature of complexity and multiple dimensions. Following a guideline of OC on China, for the worldOCO, this volume intends to introduce Chinese scholars' latest studies on China's global strategies, theories and policies to the outside world. Contents: The Self-consciousness of Chinese-Characteristic Diplomatic Practice and Theory; China and International System: Two-Way Socialization under the Logic of Practice; An Analytical Study of the Ideological Sources of China's Conduct; Self-generated Transformation: On China's Agency in Its Interaction with International Human Rights Norms; Border, Geopolitics and China's International Relations Study; Evolution of OC NeighborhoodOCO Concept and China's Foreign Strategies; The Role and Influence of China's Mainstream Media in South China Sea Disputes OCo An Analysis from the Perspective of Signaling; Public Policy and Cross-border Investment by Chinese Enterprises; China's Approaches and Future Prospects for Participation in United Nation Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding: A Report Based on Field Research of UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Missions in Africa; Origin of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Readership: Academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in China's diplomatic practice and theory and China's international relations studies."

International Society

International Society
Author: David R. Mapel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2021-03-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0691227624

In a time of eroding sovereignty and resurgent nationalism, this collection provides a searching investigation of the moral foundations of the international order. Drawing on diverse philosophical and theological perspectives, the contributors debate the character of international society, the authority of international law and institutions, and the demands of international justice. In a series of philosophical essays, each followed by a critical commentary, the book considers the contributions of legal positivism, natural law, Kantian ethics, contractarian theory, and moral cosmopolitanism to the discussion of law and justice in international society. It also includes commentaries by experts in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic moral theology, and a concluding chapter that compares and contrasts the views presented without seeking to adjudicate their differences. Because of its comprehensive approach and the diversity of its viewpoints, the volume serves as an introduction to the topic and as a resource for scholars, journalists, policy makers, and anyone else who wants to understand better the range of moral perspectives that underlies discussion of the current international order. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Brian Barry, Chris Brown, John Charvet, Richard Friedman, Robert P. George, Sohail Hashmi, Pierre Laberge, David Miller, David Novak, Max L. Stackhouse, Fernando R. Tesón, and Frederick G. Whelan.

The Function of Law in the International Community

The Function of Law in the International Community
Author: Hersch Lauterpacht
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 1759
Release: 2011-07-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0191018465

The Function of Law in the International Community, first published in 1933, is one of the seminal works on international law. Its author, Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, is widely considered to be one of the great international lawyers of the 20th century. It continues to influence those studying and working in international law today. This republication once again makes this book available to scholars and students in the field. It features a new introduction by Professor Martti Koskenniemi, examining the world in which the Function of Law was originally published and the lasting legacy of this classic work.