Vorwort
Considers the legitimacy and authority of international law, showing how it can be more than simply an exercise of power.

Autorentext
Clare Frances Moran is Lecturer in Public International Law at the University of Aberdeen, where she teaches and researches international criminal law. She has held visiting positions at Columbia Law School and the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law.

Klappentext

Adopting a perspective informed by legal and political philosophy, Clare Frances Moran explores the authority and legitimacy of international criminal law. Using concrete examples, she demonstrates it can be conceived of as more than simply an exercise of power and theorises how that power may be exercised legitimately.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; 2. The link between authority and legitimacy; 3. The authority of public international law; 4. The authority of international criminal law; 5. Sovereignty and complementarity; 6. Postcolonialism and Bias in international criminal law; 7. A theory of authority of international criminal law; 8. Conclusion; References; Index.