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A Jarful of Angels

av Babs Horton

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This volume articulates a systematic vision of an international legal system grounded in the commitment to justice for all persons. It provides a probing exploration of the moral issues involved in disputes about secession, ethno-national conflict, the right of self-determination of peoples, human rights, and the legitimacy of the international legal system itself. Buchanan advances vigorous criticisms of the central dogmas of international relations and international law, arguing that the international legal system should make justice, not simply peace among states, a primary goal, and rejecting the view that it is permissible for a state to conduct its foreign policies exclusively according to what is in the the national interest. He also shows that the only alternatives are not rigid adherence to existing international law or lawless chaos in which the world's one superpower pursues its own interests without constraints. This book not only criticizes the existing international legal order, but also offers morally defensible and practicable principles for reforming it.… (mer)
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The main story is set in a Welsh village in 1963: impoverished families, unwed mothers, damaged people, lots of secrets. Four children who get up to lots of mischief, who don't always understand what they see and hear, and then one of the children vanishes.

The second part of the tale is told thirty years later, with the narrative interwoven with the earlier tale. Will Sloane, retired, has always been haunted by what he didn't understand about the child's disappearance.

This is a lively plot, but I think the author tried too hard to keep the identity of the missing child secret. As a result there is a lot of confusing detail, because there is more to the story than just a missing child. For a small village there are lots of secrets and mysteries, made even more mysterious because we see so much of them through a child's eyes. ( )
  smik | May 17, 2017 |
I found this book really good,about 4 children,one disappears and 30 years later the detective comes back to try and solve the riddle of the missing child. Bit creepy in parts and really funny in others,it made me laugh anyway! I really enjoyed it. ( )
  shirley8 | May 30, 2011 |
This tale from the Welsh valleys was an absolute treat, brimming with comedy and pathos, capturing perfectly the days when children were allowed – and indeed encouraged – to roam freely outdoors. It’s an admirable depiction of childhood in all its irreverent, sweary, sniggering, snotty-sleeved glory, a time when bodily functions are a constant source of fascination and amusement. Particularly the rude ones. The writing is so sure of its time and place it could make you nostalgic for the days of the outside privy even if you were too young to have ever had one.

There is a thread of mystery snaking through it, relating to the disappearance of one of the children, and the author recognises the importance of maintaining the element of suspense by withholding the child’s identity until well into the story. This necessitated some stilted conversation to avoid giving the child’s gender away but it was all done in the best interests of the reader. Worth bearing in mind, also, that there is a glossary at the end which can easily be missed – very useful if you don’t know your pwp from your gwlis.

In all, the best, funniest, foulest-mouthed book I’ve read in a long while – more more more from this excellent author, please! ( )
  jayne_charles | Jan 21, 2011 |
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This volume articulates a systematic vision of an international legal system grounded in the commitment to justice for all persons. It provides a probing exploration of the moral issues involved in disputes about secession, ethno-national conflict, the right of self-determination of peoples, human rights, and the legitimacy of the international legal system itself. Buchanan advances vigorous criticisms of the central dogmas of international relations and international law, arguing that the international legal system should make justice, not simply peace among states, a primary goal, and rejecting the view that it is permissible for a state to conduct its foreign policies exclusively according to what is in the the national interest. He also shows that the only alternatives are not rigid adherence to existing international law or lawless chaos in which the world's one superpower pursues its own interests without constraints. This book not only criticizes the existing international legal order, but also offers morally defensible and practicable principles for reforming it.

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