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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The "Irrelevance" of International Law and Organizations -- 2. The Real Origins of International Legal Positivism -- 3. The Achievements of International Legal Positivism -- 4. International Legal Positivism after the Outbreak of World War I -- 5. Functionalism as a Substitute for Positivism -- 6. A Functionalist Analysis of International Law and Politics -- 7. The Function of Decision Performed by International Law and Organizations -- 8. The Function of Adjudication as Performed by the UN. Security Council -- 9. The Function of Resolution as Performed by the UN. Security Council -- 10. The Function of Redefinition as Performed by the UN. General Assembly -- 11. The Increments of International Law and Politics -- 12. A New Philosophy for American Foreign Policy -- 13. The Definitional Context of the Iranian Hostages Crisis -- 14. A Functionalist Approach to u.s. Crisis Management Decision Making -- 15. The Carter Administration's Responsibility for the Death of Detente -- 16. Restoring Persian Gulf Security -- 17. The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon -- 18. The Future of Nuclear Arms Control between the Superpowers -- 19. International Lawlessness in the Caribbean Basin -- 20. Machiavellianism Destroys Constitutionalism -- Notes -- Index

International crisis and neutrality : U.S. foreign policy toward the Iraq-Iran War -- United States war crimes during the first Persian Gulf War -- The court martial of Captain Dr. Yolanda Huet-Vaughn for desertion -- Petition on behalf of the children of Iraq submitted to the United Nations charging President Bush and U.S. authorities with genocide -- Humanitarian intervention versus international law -- George Bush, Jr., September 11th and the rule of law -- The Bush Jr. administration's war of aggression against Iraq -- A guide to impeaching President George W. Bush, Jr

In Foundations of World Order Francis Anthony Boyle provides the first historically comprehensive analysis of U.S. foreign policy regarding international law and organizations. Examining the period from the Spanish American War to the establishment of the League of Nations and the Permanent Court of International Justice, Boyle argues that the international legal framework created at the beginning of the twentieth century not only influenced the course of American foreign policy but also provided the foundation upon which relations among states were built. Although both the League of Nations and the Permanent Court of International Justice were rejected by the U.S. Senate, Boyle shows how the early governance of these institutions--precursors, respectively, to the United Nations and the International Court of Justice--informed later efforts to reduce and regulate transnational threats and the use of military force. Delving into such topics as the United States and its initial stance of neutrality in World War I and its imperial policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean, Boyle offers detailed readings of the relevant treaties, tribunals, and conferences, and assesses the political actors involved. Taking up the legalist point of view, he discusses the codification of customary international law, the obligatory arbitration of international disputes, and the creation of a new regime for the settlement of such disputes. Boyle has provided in Foundations of World Order a compelling portrait of the relationship between political power and law, and of the impact of these forces on U.S. diplomacy. This volume will serve as a valuable resource to students, scholars, and practitioners of international law; it will also be of great interest to historians and political scientists engaged with issues of U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic history.