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The twenty-first century has revealed a deep-seated ambivalence toward the value and benefits of international law. This ambivalence is the result of states' two conflicting impulses: on the one hand, the recognition that their own interests and autonomy are better protected by entering agreements which set limits on how other states behave; on the other hand, the resolve to jealously guard their sovereign capacity to act unencumbered by constraints. The book argues that we should support international law as a system of rules and institutions which make a critical, irreplaceable, and defining contribution to an international order characterized by peace and justice.

Microeconomía de la producción agropecuaria / Jean-Marc Boussard -- El riesgo en las decisiones de la producción agropecuaria / Jean-Marc Boussard -- La función de producción : breve reseña histórica / Carmen Vicién -- La noción de función de producción / Carmen Vincién -- La modelización bio-económica para la cuantificación de los impactos ambientales de la política agrícola / Daniel Deybe -- Reflexiones sobre el planeamiento estratégico para la empreas agropecuaria / Alejandro Marchionna Faré -- Reconfiguración de las estrategias de los grandes grupos agroindustriales en un contexto de cambio tecnológico : enseñanzas de la moderna teoría de la firma / Pablo José Lavarello -- Formas de organización de la producción, como herramienta para la adaptación a la coyuntura / María Marta Di Paola -- Empresas familiares / María Marta Di Paola

An exploration of new institutional solutions to the old question of how to constrain states when they commit severe abuses against their own citizens. The book argues that coercive international institutions can stop these abuses and act as an insurance scheme against the possibility of states failing to fulfill their most basic sovereign responsibilities.

At the heart of the tension between state autonomy and international law is the question of whether states should willingly restrict their freedom of action for the sake of international security, human rights, trade, communication, and the environment. David Hume offers surprising insights to answer this question. He argues that the same interests in cooperation arise among individuals as well as states and that their interactions should be regulated by the same principles. Drawing on his model of dynamic coordination, I will reconstruct the Humean case for developing international law into a more robust legal system and also highlight the limitation of Hume's account of justice for such a reconstructive project. Hume's lessons are enduring; we must strengthen the essential features of international law that allow states and individuals to reap the benefits of its protections, such as nonoptional rules that articulate a moral minimum, courts with compulsory jurisdiction, and stronger mechanisms of enforcement.