Just war : authority, tradition, and practice / Anthony F. Lang, Jr., Cian O'Driscoll, and John Williams, editors.

Proceedings of a workshop held in the summer of 2010 in Washington, D.C.

Introduction : the just war tradition and the practice of political authority / Anthony F Lang, Jr. and Cian O'Driscoll -- The right to use armed force : sovereignty, responsibility and the common good / James Turner Johnson -- Just war and political judgment / Chris Brown -- Natural flourishing as the normative ground of just war : a Christian view / Nigel Biggar -- "Not in my name" : legitimate authority and liberal just war theory / John Williams -- The inseparability of gender hierarchy, the just war tradition, and authorizing war / Laura Sjoberg -- Legitimate authority and the war against al-Qaeda / Nahed Artoul Zehr -- Problems of legitimacy within the just war tradition and international law / Tarik Kochi -- Narrative authority / Anthony F Lang, Jr. -- Culpability and punishment in classical theories of just war / Gregory Reichberg -- The necessity of "right intent" for justifiably waging war / Joseph Boyle -- Revenge, affect and just war / Brent Steele -- Just war and guerrilla war / Michael Gross -- Bugsplat : US standing rules of engagement, international humanitarian law, military necessity and non-combat immunity / Neta Crawford -- Just war and military education and training / Martin Cook -- The triumph of just war tradition and the possibility of imperial overstretch / John Kelsay -- The wager lost by winning? : on the "Triumph" of the just war tradition / Nicholas Rengger -- Conclusion / Cian O'Driscoll.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

The just war tradition is central to the practice of international relations, in questions of war, peace, and the conduct of war in the contemporary world, but surprisingly few scholars have questioned the authority of the tradition as a source of moral guidance for modern statecraft. Just War: Authority, Tradition, and Practice brings together many of the most important contemporary writers on just war to consider questions of authority surrounding the just war tradition. Authority is critical in two key senses. First, it is central to framing the ethical debate about the justice or injustice.

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