I. The varied authority of international courts
International court authority in a complex world / Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer, and Mikael Rask Madsen
How context shapes the authority of international courts / Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer, and Mikael Rask Madsen
II. International courts in their social and political context : Africa
The East African Court of Justice : human rights and business actors compared / James Thuo Gathii
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice : a dual mandate with skewed authority / Solomon T. Ebobrah
The OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration : its authority in the formal and informal economy / Claire Moore Dickerson
The SADC Tribunal : sociopolitical dissonance and the authority of international courts / E. Tendayi Achiume
Latin America and the Caribbean
The Caribbean Court of Justice : a regional integration and postcolonial court / Salvatore Caserta and Mikael Rask Madsen
The Andean Tribunal of Justice : from Washington consensus to regional crisis / Karen J. Alter and Laurence R. Helfer
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights : how constitutional lawyers shape court authority / Alexandra Huneeus
Europe
The Court of Justice of the European Union : changing authority in the twenty-first century / R. Daniel Kelemen
The European Court of Human Rights : from the Cold War to the Brighton Declaration and backlash / Mikael Rask Madsen
Courts with a global reach
The International Court of Justice and Islamic law states : territory and diplomatic immunity / Emilia Justyna Powell
The World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body : its extensive but fragile authority / Gregory Shaffer, Manfred Elsig, and Sergio Puig
The International Criminal Court : the paradox of its authority / Leslie Vinjamuri
International criminal tribunals : prosecutorial strategies in atypical political environments / Ron Levi, John Hagan, and Sara Dezalay
III. International court authority in question
International court authority in question : introduction to Part III / Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer, Mikael Rask Madsen
Authority of international courts : scope, power, and legitimacy / Andrei Marmor
International courts : command v. reflexive authority / Michael Zürn
International courts' de facto authority and its justification / Ingo Venzke
Jurisdiction, politics, and truth-making : international courts and the formation of translocal legal cultures / Jessica Greenberg
Power or authority : actions or beliefs / Andreas Føllesdal
Authority and international courts : a comment on "content-independent" social science / Ian Hurd
IV. Growing and diminishing IC authority
Conclusion : Context, authority, power / Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer and Mikael Rask Madsen.