Moral Constraints on War: Principles and Cases.Bruno Coppieters &Nick Fotion (eds.) -2002 - Lexington Books.detailsJust War Theory is becoming increasingly important to nations when they contemplate and participate in war. This book recognizes the timeliness of the topic and so seeks, in concrete historical terms, to deal with the issue of constraining war on the basis of moral principles.
Contextualizing Secession: Normative Studies in Comparative Perspective.Bruno Coppieters &Richard Sakwa (eds.) -2003 - Oxford University Press.detailsBringing together a range of specialists in their respective fields, the book provides a combination of original research with fundamental questions about why states stay together, and above all why sometimes they fall apart. When and under what conditions is the separation of one part of a state from another justified? Written in an accessible and informed manner, the authors seek to answer this question on the basis of ten case studies and a general review of the literature and theories (...) of the question. (shrink)