Open AccessRichard A. Falk, The Costs of War: International Law, The UN and World Order
Author(s) -
James Green
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
windsor yearbook of access to justice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0710-0841
DOI - 10.22329/wyaj.v27i1.4570
Subject(s) - geopolitics , plea , normative , law , order (exchange) , context (archaeology) , political science , international law , international relations , ideology , politics , use of force , law and economics , sociology , history , economics , archaeology , finance
The Costs of War ultimately represents an impassioned plea for an ideological shift in international affairs on the part of both governments and individuals, particularly in the context of the use of military force. In it, Professor Falk highlights the damage caused to world order by what he views as the progressive slide towards a geopolitical realist approach to international politics and away from Wilsonian international co-operation and normative restraint: a slide that culminated in the 2003 military intervention in Iraq. Importantly, he argues for the potential utility of international norms (most notably international law) as a means for better securing world order.