Explosive analysis of the consequences of British and US foreign policy on global international order. America is undermining the global legal order by promoting its economic interests at the expense of human rights and the environment. Based on the author's participation in leading international cases including the British detainees at Guantanamo. BBC radio 4 series on same theme to be presented by author to coincide with our publication. The book includes detailed critique of the 'legality' of the war in Iraq.
In this updated edition with a shocking new chapter, you can get the full story of how the US and UK governments are riding roughshod over international agreements on human rights, war, torture and the environment - the very laws they put in place. Here sands looks at why global rules matter for all of us. And he powerfully makes the case for preserving them ...before justice becomes history.
