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Mervyn Frost's restatement of his constitutive theory of international relations raises a number of crucial points which need elaboration and discussion. Discussing the issues under the key headings used by Frost in his reply to my 'Human Rights as Settled Norms', I wish to focus on the following claim which I take to be central to the development of any norm-oriented approach to political and international theory. The claim is simply this; we are required, as a necessary component of post-positivist and constructivist theory, to take account of ethical and political inequalities in the development of any series of 'settled norms' that constitute the prevailing domain of discourse. This claim, I believe, accurately captures the core concerns of my earlier article and informs those tensions that remain to be discussed here.

This article explores the normative international relations theory of Mervyn Frost.
Frost's unorthodox approach to questions of human rights offers a way through the political
and philosophical morass that has often threatened to obscure the most pressing issues of our
time. Significantly, Frost claims to able to 'construct' a background justification for
international ethics that can unite the demands for sovereign autonomy with declarations of
human rights. In doing so Frost attempts to offer an new understanding of universal ethics
and thus of the role of human rights in international politics. Acknowledging the importance
of this approach, this article examines two issues that arise from Frost's 'constitutive theory'
and seeks to offer a signpost for the future development of human rights theory.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section I: Classical Origins of Political Thought -- Section II: Modern Developments in Political Thought -- Section III: Contemporary Understandings of Political Thought -- Section IV: Challenges to Universalism and Foundationalism -- Afterword / Current Engagements in Political Thought -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: International Law and International Justice -- 1 Introduction to International Law. Segregation and De-segregation: IR, Law and Ethics -- 2 Sources of International Law. Normative Authority and the Sources of International Law -- 3 The Subjects of International Law. Justice in a World of States: The Moral Standing of Legal and Natural Persons -- 4 The United Nations and International Law. The Constitution of the International Community: Justice, Power and the United Nations -- 5 The Protection of Human Rights and International Law. Justice and Injustice in the Age of Human Rights -- 6 Diplomatic Communications. Diplomacy and Justice -- 7 The Ethics of Coercion. Sanctions and the Use of Force in Contemporary International Affairs -- 8 The Law of the Sea. Justice and the Common Heritage of Mankind -- Conclusion -- References -- Index

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