{"product_id":"legalist-empire-international-law-and-american-foreign-relations-in-the-early-twentieth-century-9780190495954","title":"Legalist Empire: International Law and American Foreign Relations in the Early Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmericas empire expanded dramatically following the Spanish-American War of 1898. The United States quickly annexed the Philippines and Puerto Rico  seized control over Cuba and the Panama Canal Zone  and extended political and financial power throughout Latin America. This age of empire  Benjamin Allen Coates argues  was also an age of international law. Justifying Americas empire with the language of law and civilization  international lawyers-serving simultaneously as academics  leaders of the legal profession  corporate attorneys  and high-ranking government officials-became central to the conceptualization  conduct  and rationalization of US foreign policy.  Just as international law shaped empire  so too did empire shape international law. Legalist Empire shows how the American Society of International Law was animated by the same notions of \"civilization\" that justified the expansion of empire overseas. Using the private papers and published writings of such figures as Elihu Root  John Bassett Moore  and James Brown Scott  Coates shows how the newly-created international law profession merged European influences with trends in American jurisprudence  while appealing to elite notions of order  reform  and American identity. By projecting an image of the United States as a unique force for law and civilization  legalists reconciled American exceptionalism  empire  and an international rule of law. Under their influence the nation became the worlds leading advocate for the creation of an international court.  Although the legalist vision of world peace through voluntary adjudication foundered in the interwar period  international lawyers-through their ideas and their presence in halls of power-continue to infuse vital debates about Americas global role\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67680992428085,"sku":"ByrdShop_0190495952","price":59.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780190495954.jpg?v=1792072519","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/legalist-empire-international-law-and-american-foreign-relations-in-the-early-twentieth-century-9780190495954","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}