Böcker av Michael (University of Central Lancashire Salter

This book develops a critical analysis of how the USA has deployed various imperialistic devices within international law in order to expand its zone of influence on a global scale. It out a suggested framework highlighting an alternative regionalist model of international law and relations founded on Carl Schmitt¿s controversial Grossraum theory.

Reviewing declassified CIA documents, this book provides a discussion of the contribution of American intelligence officials to the Nuremberg war crimes trials. It gives those studying international law, criminal law and history an insight into the debates surrounding international war crimes, within the context of the Nuremberg war crimes trials.

There has been and continues to be a remarkable revival in academic interest in Carl Schmitt's thought within politics. This book addresses his thought from an explicitly legal theoretical perspective, as it addresses the actual and potential significance of Schmitt's thought for debates within contemporary Anglo-American legal theory.