Radicalizing Rawls

Global Justice and the Foundations of International Law

  • Authors
  • Gary Chartier
Book

Part of the Philosophy, Public Policy, and Transnational Law book series (PPPTL)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction
    Gary Chartier
    Pages 1-3
  3. Rawls’s Starting Point
    Gary Chartier
    Pages 5-12
  4. Rawls’s Explicit Defense of the Equality of Peoples
    Gary Chartier
    Pages 13-26
  5. Challenging the Global Primacy of Peoples
    Gary Chartier
    Pages 27-80
  6. Defining and Implementing a Law of Persons
    Gary Chartier
    Pages 81-119
  7. Market Democracy, Market Anarchy, and Global Justice
    Gary Chartier
    Pages 121-149
  8. Conclusion
    Gary Chartier
    Pages 151-156
  9. Back Matter
    Pages 157-194
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About this book

Introduction

This book is a critical examination of John Rawls's account of the normative grounds of international law, arguing that Rawls unjustifiably treats groups - rather than particular persons - as foundational to his model of international justice.

Keywords

democracy international law John Rawls law

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