United States Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law

Name: United States Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law
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ISBN: 9780521050869

ISBN-10: 0521050863

ISBN-13: 9780521050869

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Authors: Michael Byers, Georg Nolte

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Twelve leading scholars of international law and international relations consider whether the current strength of the United States is leading to change in the international legal system. This book demonstrates that the effects of U.S. domination of the foundations of international law are real, but also intensely complex. The volume stimulates debate about the role of the United States in international law and interests scholars of international law and international relations, government officials and international organizations.

Book details

List price: $44.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English

Michael Byers's story collection The Coast of Good Intentions won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Long for This World was featured on the History Channel's "Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine." The recipient of a Whiting Foundation Writer's Award, Byers lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and two children.



List of contributors


Preface


Introduction: the complexities of foundational change




International Community



The international community, international law and the United States: three in one, two against one, or one and the same?




The influence of the United States on the concept of the -International Community




Comments on chapters 1 and 2




Sovereign Equality



Sovereign equality: -the Wimbledon sails on




More equal than the rest? Hierarchy, equality and US predominance in international law




Comments on chapters 4 and 5




Use of Force



The use of force by the United States after the end of the Cold War, and its impact on international law




Bending the law, breaking it, or developing it? The United States and the humanitarian use of force in the post-Cold War era




Comments on chapters 7 and 8




Customary International Law



Powerful but unpersuasive? The role of the United States in the evolution of customary international law




Hegemonic custom?




Comments on chapters 10 and 11




Law of Treaties



The effects of US predominance on the elaboration of treaty regimes and on the evolution of the law of treaties




US reservations to human rights treaties: all for one and none for all?




Comments on chapters 13 and 14




Compliance



The impact on international law of US noncompliance




Compliance: multilateral achievements and predominant powers




Comments on chapters 16 and 17



Conclusion



Index