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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791916203321

Autore

Scheipers Sibylle

Titolo

Negotiating sovereignty and human rights [[electronic resource] ] : international society and the International Criminal Court / / Sibylle Scheipers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2009

ISBN

1-84779-752-0

1-78170-302-7

1-84779-342-8

Edizione

[Online-ausg.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

EBL-Schweitzer

Disciplina

327

Soggetti

International relations

Sovereignty

Human rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The configuration of sovereignty and human rights -- The legalistic discourse -- The interventionist discourse -- The sovereigntist discourse -- The progressivist discourse -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Negotiating sovereignty and human rights takes the transatlantic conflict over the International Criminal Court as a lens for an enquiry into the normative foundations of international society. The author shows how the way in which actors refer to core norms of the international society such as sovereignty and human rights affect the process and outcome of international negotiations.The book offers an innovative take on the long-standing debate over sovereignty and human rights in international relations. It goes beyond the simple and sometimes ideological duality of sovereignty versus human r