| Description |
vi, 353 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction : American exceptionalism and human rights / Michael Ignatieff -- Ch. 2. The exceptional first amendment / Frederick Schauer -- Ch. 3. Capital punishment and American exceptionalism / Carol S. Steiker -- Ch. 4. Why does the American constitution lack social and economic guarantees? / Cass R. Sunstein -- Ch. 5. America's Jekyll-and-Hyde exceptionalism / Harold Hongju Koh -- Ch. 6. The paradox of U.S. human rights policy / Andrew Moravcsik -- Ch. 7. American exceptionalism, popular sovereignty, and the rule of law / Paul W. Kahn -- Ch. 8. American exceptionalism : the new version / Stanley Hoffmann -- Ch. 9. Integrity-anxiety? / Frank I. Michelman -- Ch. 10. A brave new judicial world / Anne-Marie Slaughter -- Ch. 11. American exceptionalism, exemptionalism, and global governance / John Gerard Ruggie |
| Summary |
With the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq, the most controversial question in world politics fast became whether the United States stands within the order of international law or outside it. Does America still play by the rules it helped create? American Exceptionalism and Human Rights addresses this question as it applies to U.S. behavior in relation to international human rights. With essays by eleven leading experts in such fields as international relations and international law, it seeks to show and explain how America's approach to human rights differs from that of most other Western nations. In his introduction, Michael Ignatieff identifies three main types of exceptionalism: exemptionalism (supporting treaties as long as Americans are exempt from them); double standards (criticizing "others for not heeding the findings of international human rights bodies, but ignoring what these bodies say of the United States); and legal isolationism (the tendency of American judges to ignore other jurisdictions). The contributors use Ignatieff's essay as a jumping-off point to discuss specific types of exceptionalism--America's approach to capital punishment and to free speech, for example--or to explore the social, cultural, and institutional roots of exceptionalism |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human rights -- United States -- Congresses.
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National characteristics, American -- Congresses.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058 -- Congresses.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Ignatieff, Michael.
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| LC no. |
2004060764 |
| ISBN |
0691116474 (cl : alk. paper) |
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0691116482 (pb : alk. paper) |
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