Including contributions from some of the world's leading scholars, this book provides a carefully considered analysis of what constitutes a just peace. A cross-section of conflicting viewpoints from political, historical and legal perspectives are brought together to demonstrate how just peace has to be a mediated peace.
Including contributions from some of the world's leading scholars, this book provides a carefully considered analysis of what constitutes a just peace. A cross-section of conflicting viewpoints from political, historical and legal perspectives are brought together to demonstrate how just peace has to be a mediated peace
Including contributions from some of the world's leading scholars, this book provides a carefully considered analysis of what constitutes a just peace. A cross-section of conflicting viewpoints from political, historical and legal perspectives are brought together to demonstrate how just peace has to be a mediated peace.
Just War has attracted considerable attention. The words peace and justice are often used together. Surprisingly, however, little conceptual thinking has gone into what constitutes a Just Peace. This book, which includes some of the world's leading scholars, debates and develops the concept of Just Peace.The problem with the idea of a Just Peace is that striving for justice may imply a Just War. In other words, peace and justice clash at times. Therefore, one often starts from a given view of what constitutes justice, but this a priori approach leads - especially when imposed from the outside
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