Meeting the Enemy : American Exceptionalism and International Law /
Saito, Natsu Taylor
Meeting the Enemy : American Exceptionalism and International Law / Natsu Taylor Saito. - 1 online resource - Critical America ; 65 .
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780814798362 9780814786512
10.18574/nyu/9780814798362.001.0001 doi
Exceptionalism--History.--United States
International law--Public opinion.
International law.
Manifest Destiny.
Political culture--United States.
Public opinion--United States.
LAW / International.
Although. American. Constitution. Enemy. Meeting. Since. States. United. approval. complacency. consistently. defined. democracy. disregard. distanced. emphasized. ensure. established. founding. freedom. frequent. from. high. home. human. implement. importance. institutions. international. internationally. itself. least. legal. levels. look. many. model. pointed. pointing. principles. protect. protector. public. rights. selective. simultaneously. such. supreme. system. that. them. throughout. with. world.
327.73001
Meeting the Enemy : American Exceptionalism and International Law / Natsu Taylor Saito. - 1 online resource - Critical America ; 65 .
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780814798362 9780814786512
10.18574/nyu/9780814798362.001.0001 doi
Exceptionalism--History.--United States
International law--Public opinion.
International law.
Manifest Destiny.
Political culture--United States.
Public opinion--United States.
LAW / International.
Although. American. Constitution. Enemy. Meeting. Since. States. United. approval. complacency. consistently. defined. democracy. disregard. distanced. emphasized. ensure. established. founding. freedom. frequent. from. high. home. human. implement. importance. institutions. international. internationally. itself. least. legal. levels. look. many. model. pointed. pointing. principles. protect. protector. public. rights. selective. simultaneously. such. supreme. system. that. them. throughout. with. world.
327.73001