Meeting the Enemy : American Exceptionalism and International Law / Natsu Taylor Saito.
2010
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Title
Meeting the Enemy : American Exceptionalism and International Law / Natsu Taylor Saito.
Author
Saito, Natsu Taylor, author.
ISBN
9780814786512
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814798362.001.0001 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.73001
Summary
Since its founding, the United States has defined itself as the supreme protector of freedom throughout the world, pointing to its Constitution as the model of law to ensure democracy at home and to protect human rights internationally. Although the United States has consistently emphasized the importance of the international legal system, it has simultaneously distanced itself from many established principles of international law and the institutions that implement them. In fact, the American government has attempted to unilaterally reshape certain doctrines of international law while disregarding others, such as provisions of the Geneva Conventions and the prohibition on torture.America's selective self-exemption, Natsu Taylor Saito argues, undermines not only specific legal institutions and norms, but leads to a decreased effectiveness of the global rule of law. Meeting the Enemy is a pointed look at why the United States' frequent-if selective-disregard of international law and institutions is met with such high levels of approval, or at least complacency, by the American public.
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Critical America ; ; 65
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Saving Civilization
2 Civilizing the Other
3 "A City on a Hill"
4 Establishing the Republic
5 A Manifest Destiny
6 American Imperial Expansion
7 Making the World Safe for Democracy
8 The New World Order and American Hegemony
9 Confronting American Exceptionalism
Notes
Works Cited
List of Cases
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Saving Civilization
2 Civilizing the Other
3 "A City on a Hill"
4 Establishing the Republic
5 A Manifest Destiny
6 American Imperial Expansion
7 Making the World Safe for Democracy
8 The New World Order and American Hegemony
9 Confronting American Exceptionalism
Notes
Works Cited
List of Cases
Index
About the Author