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245 0 4 _aThe law of strangers :
_bJewish Lawyers and International Law in the Twentieth Century /
_cedited by James Loeffler, Moria Paz.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c©2019.
300 _axii, 308 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction:The Law of StrangersJames Loeffler and Moria Paz; Part I: Hersch Zvi Lauterpacht; 2. The "Natural Right of the Jewish People": Zionism, International Law, and the Paradox of HerschLauterpachtJames Loeffler; 3. A Closet Positivist: Lauterpacht between Law and DiplomacyMartti Koskeniemmi; Part II: Hans Kelsen; 4. Assimilation through Law: Hans Kelsen and the Jewish ExperienceEliav Lieblich; 5. Philosophy beyond Historicism: Reflections on Hans Kelsen and the Jewish ExperienceLeora Batnitzky; Part III: Louis Henkin; 6. Louis Henkin, Human Rights, and American-Jewish Constitutional Patriotism,Samuel Moyn; 7. Louis Henkin and the Genealogy of Jewish/American LiberalismWilliam Forbath; Part IV: Egon Schwelb; 8. Egon Schwelb and the Human Rights Legal Activism within BordersMira Siegelberg; 9. "Emotional Restraint" as Legalist Internationalism: Egon Schwelb's Liberalism after the FallUmut ozsu; Part V:Rene Cassin; 10. A Most Inglorious Right: Rene Cassin, Freedom of Movement, Jews and PalestiniansMoria Paz; 11. There's No Place Like Home: Domicile, Rene Cassin, and the Aporias of Modern International LawNathaniel Berman Part VI:Shabtai Rosenne; 12. Shabtai Rosenne: The Transformation of Sefton RowsonRotem Giladi; 13. Shabtai Rosenne: A Personal AspectPhilippe Sands; Part VII: Julius Stone; 14. Enablement and Constraint: Julius Stone and the Contradictions of the Sociological Path to International LawJacqueline Mowbray; 15. An Axionormative Dissenter: Reflections on Julius StoneDavid N. Myers; Index.
520 _a"From the Nuremberg Trials to contemporary human rights, Jews have long played prominent roles in the making of international law. But the actual ties between Jewish heritage and legal thought remain a subject of mystery and conjecture even among specialists. This volume of biographical studies takes a unique interdisciplinary approach, pairing historians and legal scholars to explore how their Jewish identities and experiences shaped their legal thought and activism. Using newly-discovered sources and sophisticated interpretative methods, this book offers an alternative history of twentieth-century international legal profession - and a new model to the emerging field of international legal biography"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _a"From the Nuremberg Trials to contemporary human rights, Jews have long played prominent roles in the making of international law. But the actual ties between Jewish heritage and legal thought remain a subject of mystery and conjecture even among specialists. This volume of biographical studies takes a unique interdisciplinary approach, pairing historians and legal scholars to explore how their Jewish identities and experiences shaped their legal thought and activism"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aInternational law
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650 0 _aJewish lawyers
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_y20th century
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650 0 _aInternational law
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_xJudaism.
700 1 _aLoeffler, James Benjamin,
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700 1 _aPaz, Moria,
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