Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-968280-5
Verlag: Sydney University Press
May argues that Hobbes is much more amenable to moral, and even legal, limits on the law--indeed closer to Lon Fuller than to today's legal positivists--than he is often portrayed. He shows that Hobbes's views can provide a solid grounding for the rules of war and international relations generally, contrary to the near universal belief that Hobbes is the bête noir of international law. To support these views, May holds that Hobbes places greater weight on equity than on justice, and that understanding the role of equity is the key to his legal philosophy. Equity also is the moral concept that provides restrictions on what a sovereign can legitimately do, and if violated is the kind of limitation on sovereignty that could open the door for possible international institutions.