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  • Travesty

    The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic and the Corruption of International Justice

    by John Laughland ...
    Slobodan Milosevic died in prison in 2006 during a four-year marathon trial at The Hague for war crimes. John Laughland was one of the last Western journalists to meet him. He followed the trial from the beginning and wrote extensively on it, challenging the legitimacy of the Yugoslav Tribunal and the hypocrisy of 'international justice' in the Guardian and the Spectator.In this book Laughland ... Read more

    $16.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tainted Source

    The Undemocratic Origins of the European Idea

    by John Laughland ...
    An ideology is sweeping Europe and the world which threatens democracy and the rule of law. The post-national ideology, which posits that nation-states are no longer capable of running their own affairs in a modern, interdependent economy, confuses the constitution of a state with the power of its government, and ignores the importance of the sense of community essential to any democratic debate. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • A History of Political Trials

    From Charles I to Charles Taylor

    by John Laughland ...
    The modern use of international tribunals to try heads of state for genocide and crimes against humanity is often considered a positive development. Many people think that the establishment of special courts to prosecute notorious dictators represents a triumph of law over impunity. In A History of Political Trials, John Laughland takes a very different and controversial view. He shows that trials ... Read more

    $30.89 CAD

  • Schelling versus Hegel

    From German Idealism to Christian Metaphysics

    by John Laughland ...
    In tracing Friedrich von Schelling's long philosophical development, John Laughland examines in particular his disentanglement from German idealism and his reaction, later in life, against Hegel. He argues that this story has relevance beyond the facts themselves and that it explains much about the direction philosophy took in the century between the French Revolution and the rise of Communism. ... Read more

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  • Stay the Hand of Vengeance

    The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals

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  • The Life of the Mind

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    by Hannah Arendt ...
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  • Postwar

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  • Truth and Method

    by Hans-Georg Gadamer ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Revelations
    Truth and Method is a landmark work of 20th century thought which established Hans Georg-Gadamer as one of the most important philosophical voices of the 20th Century. In this book, Gadamer established the field of 'philosophical hermeneutics': exploring the nature of knowledge, the book rejected traditional quasi-scientific approaches to establishing cultural meaning that were prevalent after the ... Read more

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