The role of international law in rebuilding societies after conflict
Subtitle: great expectations
By: edited by Brett Bowden, Hilary Charlesworth and Jeremy Farrall.
Contributors: Bowden, Brett, 1968-; Charlesworth, Hilary.; Farrall, Jeremy Matam.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780521509947
Subjects: Postwar reconstruction -- Congresses; Rule of law -- Congresses; International and municipal law -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "The genesis of this book was a workshop entitled 'Empire or Empowerment? The Role of   International Law in Building Democracy and Justice after Conflict' held at the  Australian National University in Canberra on 9-10 August 2007"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Brett Bowden, Hilary Charlesworth and Jeremy Farrall; title: The 'state-building enterprise' : legal doctrine, progress narratives and managerial governance / Outi Korhonen; title: Democratisation, state-building and politics as technology / Nehal Bhuta; title: International law, human rights and the transformative occupation of Iraq / Peter G. Danchin; title: Defining democracy in international institutions / Brett Bowden and Hilary Charlesworth; title: Democracy and legitimation: challenges in the reconstitution of political processes in Afghanistan / William maley; title: Impossible expectations? the UN Security Council's promotion of the rule of law after conflict / Jeremy Farrall; title: Legal pluralism and the challenge of building the rule of law in post-conflict states : a case study of Timor-Leste / Laura Grenfell; title: From paper to practice : the role of treaty ratification post-conflict / Helen Durham; title: Selective universality? : human rights accountability of the UN in post-conflict operations / Annemarie Devereux; title: 'Security starts with the law' : the role of international law in the protection of women's security post-conflict / Amy Maguire; title: Grappling in the great lakes: the challenges of international justice in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda / Phil Clark; title: Conclusion : hope and humility for weavers with international law / John Braithwaite.