Dimensions
152 x 228 x 30mm
An explosive book that argues that recent American actions around the world are undermining the global legal order established post-WW2, and are promoting its economic interests at the expense of human rights and the environment.
Based on his participation in leading international cases including the British detainees at Guantanamo, Pinochet's case at the House of Lords and inter-governmental negotiations on global warming and the ICC, Philippe Sands contends that globalisation will only be seen as legitimate if it is founded on a rules based system which constrains excessive unilateralism and balances social and economic objectives.