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Title: International Law: Politics and Values by Louis Henkin ISBN: 0-7923-2908-2 Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $351.00

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Summary: A New Light on Human Rights and the Role of the State
Comment: Among many outstanding books and articles written by Louis Henkin, two themes always stand out: the right of the individuals in the international community and the role of the states in the inter-state system. The various essays collected in the present volume represent the most thorough treatment on these important concerns of the author throughout his illustrious career.

The author makes thorough examination of the role of the states in the inter-state system upon which modern international law is based. He analyzes and evaluates the functioning of international law in regulating inter-state behavior by providing certain extent of autonomy and consent to the states in exchange of compliance to the norms by these states. In so doing, Henkin takes pain to explain the interplay between law and politics at the international level, commenting and reflecting on its pluralism, fragmentation, and heterogeneity.

Whiling treating the "state" as the central and unifying concept in explaining the principles of international law, Louis Henkin never lost sight of the ever changing role as well as the content of "state" in the modern world. In fact, he always reminds the reader that the states do not exist for themselves but for the safeguarding of human values at the end. This leads to his overall and persistent concern for the protection of universal human rights in the international community as well as within individual states. Here one finds that Louis Henkin is not a defender of the idea of "absolute sovereignty" so far as the violation of basic human rights is concerned.

This is a not a book for beginners trying to have a systematic treatment of various topics under conventional international law. Yet it is an excellent source of consultation and inspiration for any serious students of international law who want to have a deeper understanding of the basic principles regarding the role of the state, the idea of sovereignty, the right of the individuals in the international community, and where international law will be heading and should be evolving in the Twenty-first Century.