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Evolving conceptions of justice in international law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

DAVID ARMSTRONG
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Abstract

The article examines the argument that international law is already beginning to reflect cosmopolitanism. It does so by briefly reviewing the history of the ways in which concepts of justice have been represented in international law and then considering the case that cosmopolitanism is present in various forms in contemporary international law. While dismissing some of the stronger cosmopolitan claims it argues that the fuller picture has complexities that International Relations Realists and legal Positivists tend to ignore.

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Research Article
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Review of International Studies , Volume 37 , Issue 5 , December 2011 , pp. 2121 - 2136
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Copyright © British International Studies Association 2011

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