United States hegemony and the foundations of international law /

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Other Authors: Byers, Michael, 1966-, Nolte, Georg, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the complexities of foundational change / Michael Byers
  • pt. I. International community
  • International community, international law and the United States: three in one, two against one or one and the same? / Edward Kwakwa
  • Influence of the United States on the concept of the "international community" / Andreas Paulus
  • Comments on chapters 1 and 2 / Martti Koskenniemi, Steven Ratner, and Volker Rittberger
  • pt. II. Sovereign equality
  • Sovereign equality: "the Wimbledon sails on" / Michel Cosnard
  • More equal than the rest? Hierarchy, equality and US predominance in international law / Nico Krisch
  • Comments on chapters 4 and 5 / Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Matthias Herdegen, and Gregory H. Fox
  • pt. III. Use of force
  • Use of force by the United States after the end of the Cold War, and its impact on international law / Marcelo G. Kohen
  • Bending the law, breaking it, or developing it? The United States and the humanitarian use of force in the post-Cold War era / Brad Roth
  • Comments on chapters 7 and 8 / Thomas Franck, Jochen Abr. Frowein, and Daniel Thürer
  • pt. IV. Customary international law. 10
  • Powerful but unpersuasive? The role of the United States in the evolution of customary international law / Stephen Toope
  • Hegemonic custom? / Achilles Skordas
  • Comments on chapters 10 and 11 / Rainer Hofmann, Andrew Hurrell, and Rüdiger Wolfrum
  • pt. V. Law of treaties:
  • Effects of US predominance on the elaboration of treaty regimes and on the evolution of the law of treaties / Pierre Klein
  • US reservations to human rights treaties: all for one and none for all? / Catherine Redgwell
  • Comments on chapters 13 and 14 / Jost Delbrück, Alain Pellet, and Bruno Simma
  • pt. VI. Compliance
  • Impact on international law of US noncompliance / Shirley V. Scott
  • Compliance: multilateral achievements and predominant powers / Peter-Tobias Stoll
  • Comments on chapters 16 and 17 / Vaughan Lowe, David M. Malone, and Christian Tomuschat
  • Conclusion / Georg Nolte