The role of international law in rebuilding societies after conflict : great expectations / edited by Brett Bowden, Hilary Charlesworth and Jeremy Farrall.
2009
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The role of international law in rebuilding societies after conflict : great expectations / edited by Brett Bowden, Hilary Charlesworth and Jeremy Farrall.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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The 'state-building enterprise' : legal doctrine, progress narratives and managerial governance / Outi Korhonen
Democratisation, state-building and politics as technology / Nehal Bhuta
International law, human rights and the transformative occupation of Iraq / Peter G. Danchin
Defining democracy in international institutions / Brett Bowden and Hilary Charlesworth
Democracy and legitimation : challenges in the reconstitution of political processes in Afghanistan / William maley
Impossible expectations? the UN Security Council's promotion of the rule of law after conflict / Jeremy Farrall
Legal pluralism and the challenge of building the rule of law in post-conflict states : a case study of Timor-Leste / Laura Grenfell
From paper to practice : the role of treaty ratification post-conflict / Helen Durham
Selective universality? : human-rights accountability of the UN in post-conflict operations / Annemarie Devereux
'Security starts with the law' : the role of international law in the protection of women's security post-conflict / Amy Maguire
Grappling in the great lakes : the challenges of international justice in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda / Phil Clark.
Democratisation, state-building and politics as technology / Nehal Bhuta
International law, human rights and the transformative occupation of Iraq / Peter G. Danchin
Defining democracy in international institutions / Brett Bowden and Hilary Charlesworth
Democracy and legitimation : challenges in the reconstitution of political processes in Afghanistan / William maley
Impossible expectations? the UN Security Council's promotion of the rule of law after conflict / Jeremy Farrall
Legal pluralism and the challenge of building the rule of law in post-conflict states : a case study of Timor-Leste / Laura Grenfell
From paper to practice : the role of treaty ratification post-conflict / Helen Durham
Selective universality? : human-rights accountability of the UN in post-conflict operations / Annemarie Devereux
'Security starts with the law' : the role of international law in the protection of women's security post-conflict / Amy Maguire
Grappling in the great lakes : the challenges of international justice in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda / Phil Clark.
Summary
International law can create great expectations in those seeking to rebuild societies that have been torn apart by conflict. For outsiders, international law can mandate or militate against intervention, bolstering or undermining the legitimacy of intervention. International legal principles promise equality, justice and human rights. Yet international law's promises are difficult to fulfil. This volume of essays investigates the phenomenon of post-conflict state-building and the engagement of international law in this enterprise. It draws together original essays by scholars and practitioners who consider the many roles international law can play in rehabilitating societies after conflict. The essays explore troubled zones across the world, from Afghanistan to Africa's Great Lakes region, and from Timor-Leste to the Balkans. They identify a range of possibilities for international law in tempering, regulating, legitimating or undermining efforts to rebuild post-conflict societies.
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9780511576478 ebook
9780521509947 (hardback)
9781107406643 (paperback)
9780521509947 (hardback)
9781107406643 (paperback)
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