Virtue in Global Governance: Judgment and Discretion

by Jan Klabbers

Since rules - legal, ethical or otherwise - cannot determine their own application, they require persons of flesh and blood to interpret and apply them in concrete cases. Presidents and prime ministers, judges, prosecutors, mediators, leaders of international organizations, and even religious leaders and public intellectuals make decisions on how best to understand rules and how best to apply them. It stands to reason that their character traits influence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009168487
• ISBN13: 9781009168489
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"