02171nam a22003138a 4500 CR9780511815294 UkCbUP 20180107143416.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 101021s2010||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511815294 (ebook) 9780521766807 (hardback) 9780521167703 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda 342.730412 22 Scharf, Michael P., author. Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis : The Role of International Law and the State Department Legal Adviser / [electronic resource] Michael P. Scharf, Paul R. Williams. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis grew out of a series of meetings that the authors convened with all ten of the living former U.S. State Department legal advisers (from the Carter administration to that of George W. Bush). Based on their insider accounts of the role that international law actually played during the major crises on their watch, the book explores whether international law is real law or just a form of politics that policymakers are free to ignore whenever they perceive it to be in their interest to do so. Written in a style that will appeal to the casual reader and serious scholar alike, the book includes a foreword by the Obama administration's State Department legal adviser, Harold Koh; background on the theoretical underpinnings of the compliance debate; an in-depth case study of the treatment of detainees in the war on terror; and a comprehensive glossary of the terms, names, places, and events that are discussed in the book. Williams, Paul R., author. Print version: 9780521766807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511815294 Cambridge Books Online 236798 236798