Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination Moral Foundations for International Law

'Buchanan is well-known for his work on secession and self-determination, and this work develops some of those themes. It is a work of great, even magisterial, sweep ... A work of seminal importance, even if you do not agree with the author's prescriptions.' -Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association

This is the most systematic moral theory of international law available. Allen Buchanan offers principled and realistic proposals for how international law should respond to some of today's most urgent problems, including the justification of humanitarian intervention and secessionist conflicts.

Readership: Scholars and students of Political Theory, International Relations, International Law, Public Law, and Legal Theory; those interested in issues of justice and human rights