The Law of Peoples

Abstract

One aim of this essay is to sketch in a short space-I can do no more than that-how the law of peoples may be developed out of liberal ideas of justice similar to but more general than the idea I called justice as fairness and presented in my book A Theory of Justice.' By the law of peoples I mean a political conception of right and justice that applies to the principles and norms of international law and practice.2 In section 58 of the

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John Rawls (1999). The Law of Peoples.

@book{john1999the,
  title  = {The Law of Peoples},
  author = {Rawls, John},
  year   = {1999}
}

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