TY - BOOK ID - 16892481 TI - The United States and the rule of law in international affairs PY - 2004 SN - 0521529689 0521822564 1107159733 0511230311 0511316410 051149159X 1280702052 0511231083 0511228678 0511229518 9780521529686 9780511230318 9780511228674 9780511229510 9780511231087 9780511491597 9781280702051 9780521822565 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - International law KW - Equality of states KW - Rule of law KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - Egalité des Etats KW - Equality of states. KW - Egalité des Etats KW - Rule of law. KW - International and municipal law KW - Droit international KW - Droit international et droit interne KW - Règle de droit KW - Etats-Unis KW - Relations extérieures KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Supremacy of law KW - Administrative law KW - Constitutional law KW - Law and legislation KW - Foreign relations. KW - International law - United States KW - United States - Foreign relations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16892481 AB - John Murphy offers an insightful analysis of why the United States does not always accept the rule of law in international affairs, even though it has made immense contributions to its creation, adoption, and implementation. Examining the reasons for this failure, John Murphy analyses a number of cases, not to make a case that the United States has been an international outlaw, but to illustrate the wide-ranging difficulties standing in the way of US adherence to the rule of law. He explains how the nature of the US legal system and the idiosyncrasies of the international legal process combine to compound problems for the United States, and he explores several alternative scenarios for the position of the United States vis-à-vis international law. This timely book offers a much needed examination of US attitudes and practices and makes a major contribution to the contemporary literature in international law and international relations. ER -