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The Invention Of A Human Right: Conscientious Objection At The United Nations, 1947-2011, Jeremy Kessler
The Invention Of A Human Right: Conscientious Objection At The United Nations, 1947-2011, Jeremy Kessler
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The right of conscientious objection to military service is the most startling of human rights. While human rights generally seek to protect individuals from state power, the right of conscientious objection radically alters the citizen-state relationship, subordinating a state's decisions about national security to the beliefs of the individual citizen. In a world of nation-states jealous of their sovereignty, how did the human right of conscientious objection become an international legal doctrine? By answering that question, this Article both clarifies the legal pedigree of the human right of conscientious objection and sheds new light on the relationship between international human …
Toward A Geopolitics Of The History Of International Law In The Supreme Court – Remarks By Lori F. Damrosch, Lori Fisler Damrosch
Toward A Geopolitics Of The History Of International Law In The Supreme Court – Remarks By Lori F. Damrosch, Lori Fisler Damrosch
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I am pleased to have been one of the contributors to the forthcoming volume that provides the occasion for the present panel.' David Sloss and his co-editors, William Dodge and Michael Ramsey, deserve congratulations for coming up with a concept for a much-needed research project, for assembling a group of scholars from different disciplines, for organizing an authors' conference that was a model of collaborative interaction, and for exemplary editing of the papers. The volume examines an astounding number of cases involving international law at the Supreme Court and should become an indispensable reference for lawyers, scholars, and judges. The …