Radicalizing Rawls: Global Justice and the Foundations of International Law

This book is a critical examination of John Rawls's account of the normative grounds of international law, arguing that Rawls unjustifiably treats groups - rather than particular persons - as foundational to his model of international justice.

Introduction 1. Rawls's Starting Point 2. Rawls's Explicit Defense of the Equality of Peoples 3. Challenging the Global Primacy of Peoples 4. Defining and Implementing a Law of Persons 5. Market Democracy, Market Anarchy, and Global Justice Conclusion