The quest for world order and human dignity in the twenty-first century : constitutive process and individual commitment / / W. Michael Reisman.

• Author: Hague Academy of International Law.; Reisman, Michael.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hague Academy of International Law.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: The Pocket Books of The Hague Academy of International Law / Les livres de poche de l'Académie de droit international de La Haye 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (503 p.)
• Notes: Based on lectures presented at the General Course at the Hague Academy of International Law, summer 2007.; "Full text of the lecture published in September 2012 in the Recueil des cours, vol. 351 (2010)"--P. [2].

Also available as an e-book International law’s archipelago is composed of legal “islands”, which are highly organized, and “offshore” zones, manifesting a much lower degree of legal organization. Each requires a different mode of decisionmaking, each further complicated by the stress of radical change. This General Course is concerned, first, with understanding and assessing the aggregate performance of the world constitutive process, in present and projected constructs; second, with providing the intellectual tools that can enable those involved in making decisions to be more effective, whether they are operating in islands or offshore; and, third, with inquiring into ways the international legal system might be improved. Reisman identifies the individual as the ultimate actor in international law and explores the dilemmas of meaningful individual commitment to a world order of human dignity amidst interlocking communities and overlapping loyalties.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material : Breaking out of Alice's looking-glass : an introduction -- What is international law attached to? -- Some propositions and conditioning factors -- The world constitutive process and its decision functions -- The international lawmaking function -- Two modes of principled decision-making -- The international law-applying function -- Participation arrangements for States: the transformation of self-determination and the emergence of the individual -- Sovereignty and human rights : changing the internal arrangements of States by external means -- The actors theory has ignored -- Human rights and individualism : regulating national control and providing international protection -- Contingencies for the use of force : myth system and operational code -- The use and abuse of force : jus in bello -- The penumbra of professionalism : the citizenship role of the international lawyer -- International law as a profession : dilemmas of identity and commitment.