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1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-314) and index. |
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"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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
This volume of essays investigates the many roles international law can play in rehabilitating societies after conflict. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Postwar reconstruction -- Congresses.
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Postwar reconstruction. |
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Rule of law -- Congresses.
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Rule of law. |
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International and municipal law -- Congresses.
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International and municipal law. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic books.
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Congressen (vorm)
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Bowden, Brett, 1968-
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Charlesworth, Hilary.
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Farrall, Jeremy Matam.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Role of international law in rebuilding societies after conflict. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521509947 0521509947 (DLC) 2009004695 (OCoLC)276224168 |
| ISBN |
9780511534362 (electronic book) |
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0511534361 (electronic book) |
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9780511576478 (e-boek) |
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0511576471 (e-boek) |
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9780521509947 (hardback) |
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0521509947 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
DOI 10.1017/CBO9780511576478 |
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