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How Martin Luther King, Jr’s Pacifist Liberation Theology Makes Reinhold Niebuhr’s Political Realism Possible (2019)
Journal Article
Day, C. (2020). How Martin Luther King, Jr’s Pacifist Liberation Theology Makes Reinhold Niebuhr’s Political Realism Possible. Global Society, 34(1), 36-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2019.1668358

Reinhold Niebuhr crafted a compelling theologically based theory of political realism, which became the basis for a withering critique of pacifism. Martin Luther King, Jr was influenced by Niebuhr’s Augustinian realism in his own political theology a... Read More about How Martin Luther King, Jr’s Pacifist Liberation Theology Makes Reinhold Niebuhr’s Political Realism Possible.

Sources and the Legality and Validity of International Law: Natural Law as Source of Extra-Positive Norms (2017)
Book Chapter
O’Connell, M. E., & Day, C. (2017). Sources and the Legality and Validity of International Law: Natural Law as Source of Extra-Positive Norms. In S. Besson, & J. d’Aspremont (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Sources of International Law (562-580). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198745365.003.0027

This chapter posits that international law, like all law, can be understood as a hybrid of positive and natural law. The history of natural law from Ancient Greece to today’s global community reveals that the method used for centuries to explain extr... Read More about Sources and the Legality and Validity of International Law: Natural Law as Source of Extra-Positive Norms.