Review Essays

Recently Received Books: International Law & Ethics

 

When the State No Longer Kills: International Human Rights Norms and Abolition of Capital Punishment

When the State No Longer Kills: International Human Rights Norms
and Abolition of Capital Punishment

By Sangmin Bae

New York: State University of New York Press, 2007. 178pp.

Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America

Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America
By David Ngaruri Kenney and Philip G. Schrag

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008. 352pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West
& Refugees & Displaced Persons

International Human Rights Law: Returning to Universal Principles

International Human Rights Law:
Returning to Universal Principles

By Mark Gibney

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2008. 149pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

The Refugee in International Society: Between Sovereigns

The Refugee in International Society: Between Sovereigns
By Emma Haddad

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 235pp.

*Cross-listed in Refugees & Displaced Persons

The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America: Inequality and the Rule of Law

The Judicial Response to Police Killings in
Latin America: Inequality and the Rule of Law

By Daniel M. Brinks

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 289pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Latin America

Reparations to Africa

Reparations to Africa
By Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2008. 257pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
& Regional: Africa

Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics

Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics
By Jennifer Lind

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2008. 242pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

Peace Operations: Trends, Progress, and Prospects

Peace Operations:
Trends, Progress, and Prospects

Edited by Donald C. F. Daniel, Patricia Taft & Sharon Wiharta

Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 2008. 271pp.

*Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

Preventive Diplomacy at the UN

Preventive Diplomacy at the UN
By Bertrand G. Ramcharan

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2008. 266pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

Jus Post Bellum: Towards a Law of Transition From Conflict to Peace

Jus Post Bellum: Towards a Law
of Transition From Conflict to Peace

Edited by Carsten Stahn & Jann K. Kleffner

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 241pp.

Privacy: The Lost Right

Privacy: The Lost Right
By Jon L. Mills

New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2008. 391pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights

Securing Privacy in the Internet Age

Securing Privacy in the Internet Age
Edited by Anupam Chander, Lauren Gelman & Margaret Jane Radin

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2008. 376pp.

* Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights

The International Struggle for New Human Rights

The International Struggle for New Human Rights
Edited by Clifford Bob

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2009. 194pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
& Global Governance & Civil Society

Oath Betrayed: America's Torture Doctors

Oath Betrayed: America's Torture Doctors
By Steven H. Miles, MD

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2009. 274pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
& Development, Democracy & Health

My Guantanamo Diary

My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me
By Mahvish Rukhsana Khan

New York, NY: PublicAffairs. 2008. 302pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
& Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Amparo Proceedings

Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in
Latin America: A Comparative Study of Amparo Proceedings

By Allan R. Brewer-Carķas

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2009. 432pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Latin America
& Theory, Philosophy & History

Our Nation Unhinged: The Human Consequences of the War on Terror

Our Nation Unhinged: The Human Consequences
of the War on Terror

By Peter Jan Honigsberg

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2009. 311pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
& Regional: Europe and the West

Human Rights and Their Limits

Human Rights and Their Limits
By Wiktor Osiatynski

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2009. 241pp.

* Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

Rethinking Asylum: History, Purpose, and Limits

Rethinking Asylum: History, Purpose, and Limits
By Matthew E. Price

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2009. 279pp.

*Cross-listed in Refugees & Displaced Persons

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