1. International law: a short and recent history -- 2. Pinochet in London -- 3. A new international court -- 4. Global warming: throwing precaution to the wind -- 5. Good trade, bad trade, cheap shrimp -- 6. A safer world, for investors -- 7. Guantánamo: the legal black hole -- 8. Kicking ass in Iraq -- 9. Terrorists and torturers -- 10. Tough guys and lawyers -- App. I. Atlantic Chater (1941) -- II. Charter of the United Nations (1945) -- III. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) -- IV. Geneva Convention III relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949) and Geneva Protocol I (1977) -- V. Convention against torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) -- VI. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998) -- VII. The North American Free Trade Agreement (1994) -- VIII. The Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (1994) -- IX. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992) and the Kyoto Protocol (1997)
Analysis
United States
Great Britain
Foreign policy
Ethics
International law
Human rights violations
Overseas item
Power (International relations)
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references : pages 284-309
