Lawless world : America and the making and breaking of global rules from FDR's Atlantic Charter to G...
Lawless world : America and the making and breaking of global rules from FDR's Atlantic Charter to G...
Lawless world : America and the making and breaking of global rules from FDR's Atlantic Charter to George W. Bush's illegal war / Philippe Sands.
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London : Penguin, 2006.
Date
2006.
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English
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Physical content
xxviii, 404 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents
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. Guantanamo : the legal black hole -- 8. Kicking ass in...
App. IX. UN framework convention on climate change (1992) and the Kyoto Protocol (1997)
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London : Penguin, 2006.
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England
Date Published
2006.
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"Leading international lawyer Philippe Sands has been involved in high-profile cases including Guantanamo and Pinochet. In Lawless World he draws on disturbing material to show how America has reneged on agreements governing war, torture and the environment - with Britain often turning a blind eye or colluding in some of the worst violations. In re...
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Lawless world : America and the making and breaking of global rules from FDR's Atlantic Charter to George W. Bush's illegal war / Philippe Sands.
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First published by Allen Lane, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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74VKMbPpwV5O
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0141017996
9780141017990
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341
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991021327749702626
