Professor of Law, Wayne State University<\/p>\n Thursday April 18, 2013<\/p>\n 4:30 PM<\/p>\n Bond Memorial Hall<\/p>\n Maps and directions<\/a><\/p>\n The norm of non-intervention is often ignored when the U.S. and other world\u00a0powers claim that respect for Sovereignty should not be a shield to protect\u00a0governments that are massacring their people. But there is a danger when the norm\u00a0of non-intervention that has undergirded international law is put aside: an erosion\u00a0of this norm licenses the strong to pursue justice as they unilaterally understand it.\u00a0An over-emphasis on international criminal justice similarly undermines the nonintervention presumption. A potential result is a “ruthlessness to end all ruthlessness,”\u00a0with moralistic outrage against wrongdoers being invoked to rationalize the\u00a0infliction of what can turn out to be even greater human costs.<\/p>\n Professor Brad Roth, Swarthmore Class of 1984, teaches political theory and international law at Wayne State University. His recent book, Sovereign Equality and Moral Disagreement<\/a> (Oxford University Press, 2011), applies principles of political morality to the relationship between international and domestic legal authority.<\/p>\n Sponsored by Departments of Political Science, Peace and Conflict Studies, and History<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The presentation by Prof. Brad Roth ’84 that was postponed last semester is back on! COMING TO TERMS WITH\u00a0RUTHLESSNESS:\u00a0Human Rights Violations, Moral Outrage,\u00a0and the Role of International Law Brad Roth \u201884 Professor of Law, Wayne State University Thursday April 18, 2013 4:30 PM Bond Memorial Hall Maps and directions The norm of non-intervention is often … Continue reading Roth ’84 Lecture on Human Rights and International Law<\/span> ![\"Prof.](\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/10\/Brad_Roth_84.jpg\" "\\"Brad_Roth_84\\"")
<\/a>Brad Roth \u201884<\/p>\n