Law and Ethics presents advances and challenges in international law and frames ethical debates in international affairs. Philosophers, ethicists, law practitioners, advocates and scholars from around the world tackle some of the most challenging international dilemmas of our day. Law and Ethics gives Journal readers a look at issues ranging from the recruitment of young soldiers in violent conflicts to the extradition of heads of state accused of war crimes and the ethical questions surrounding economic development in the world's poorest areas.
Issue 10.1

The Common Good and Rights: A Neo-Communitarian Approach
Amitai Etzioni

Neo-Communitarianism argues that individual rights and the common good are irreducible moral commitments, and that conflict between rights and the common good are a natural outcome of their competing moral positions.

Extreme Measures: The U.S. Removal of "Protected Persons" From Occupied Iraq and Afghanistan
Gary D. Solis

Deportation of foreign prisoners to Guantánamo Bay is in violation of the Geneva Convention and the U.S. Congress should take a leading role in holding officials accountable for their illegal actions.
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