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Reply to Henry Farrell, Part II
I mentioned before Henry’s defense of the laws of war. Here is the relevant passage. There is likely a very plausible case to be made that these norms ought to be much tougher and more restrictive than they are – even if they are not a product of power politics they are limited by these ...
Reply to Farrell, Part n
volokh.com — Henry Farrell replies to my replies . International Law and Rational Choice Theory . I agree with... Henry’s discussion of the limits of rational choice theory and so don’t understand why he thinks I commit the fallacies that he describes. It would ... (more) Reply to Farrell, Part n
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International Law Again
Crooked Timber — Eric Posner has two responses to my earlier post on international law. I’ll be writing two responses to the responses – the first (on Eric’s second rebutting post) beneath the fold In his second post Eric expresses strong skepticism about my suggestion that reports like the Goldstone report can be effective in improving human rights. Let us suppose that the Goldstone report was reasonable and fair (I have not read it, so I have no opinion on this issue). It is worth recalling that it was commissioned ...

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