Rectifying international injustice : principles of compensation and restitution between nations /

Rectifying international injustice : principles of compensation and restitution between nations /

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Author / Creator:Butt, Daniel, 1976-
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:x, 216 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Compensation (Law)
Restitution.
Government liability (International law)
Reparations for historical injustices.
Restorative justice.
Compensation (Law)
Government liability (International law)
Reparations for historical injustices.
Restitution.
Restorative justice.
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7541911
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ISBN:9780199218240 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0199218242 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-209) and index.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Rectifying International Injustice-The Real World Context
  • 1.2. Theory and Practice
  • 1.3. Terminology
  • 2. Why Worry about Historic Injustice?
  • 2.1. The Distinctiveness of International Rectificatory Justice
  • 2.2. Does History Have Ethical Significance?
  • 2.3. Departures from Initially Just Distributions
  • 2.4. Departures from Initially Unjust Distributions
  • 3. International Libertarianism
  • 3.1. International Libertarianism as an Account of Distributive Justice
  • 3.2. The Principles of Just International Interaction
  • 3.2.1. Core Principles of Just International Interaction
  • 3.2.2. Further Principles of Just International Interaction
  • 3.3. Judging Historical International Interaction
  • 3.3.1. Historically Different Beliefs about Justice
  • 3.3.2. The Recent Development of International Law
  • 3.3.3. Justifiable or Excusable Departures from the Principles
  • 4. Compensation for Historic International Injustice
  • 4.1. International Compensatory Justice
  • 4.2. Identifying the Morally Relevant Counterfactual
  • 4.3. Counterfactuals and Relational Justice
  • 4.4. Benefiting from Injustice
  • 4.4.1. Benefit and Duties of Assistance
  • 4.4.2. Benefit and the Effects of Injustice
  • 4.4.3. From Theory to Practice-Problems of Measuring Benefit
  • 5. Restitution and Inheritance
  • 5.1. The Inheritance Model of Rectificatory Justice
  • 5.2. The Justifiability of Inheritance
  • 5.2.1. Property and Possession (1)
  • 5.2.2. International Libertarianism and Historical Entitlement
  • 5.2.3. Property and Possession (2)
  • 5.3. Inheritance and Indeterminacy
  • 6. Nations, Overlapping Generations, and Historic Injustice
  • 6.1. The Significance of National Identity
  • 6.2. The Nature of Rectificatory Duties
  • 6.3. Nations and Collective Responsibility
  • 6.4. Nations and Overlapping Generations
  • 6.5. Historic Justified Rights Infringements and Present Day Obligations
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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