Empire's Law The American Imperial Project and the War to Remake the World

Name: Empire's Law The American Imperial Project and the War to Remake the World
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ISBN: 9780745323695

ISBN-10: 0745323693

ISBN-13: 9780745323695

Edition: 2006

Authors: Amy Bartholomew

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"Empire's Law is first rate -- a 'must read' for students of international law, politics and ethics. It includes excellent contributions by key theorists and impressive case studies. This provocative and original collection should be read and taught in classes on both the undergraduate and graduate level." Jean L. Cohen Professor of Political Science, Columbia University "This remarkable collection of essays illuminates -- more fully than any other volume -- the world order costs of the Iraq War, especially the radical denial of the relevance of international law in the US's pursuit of global empire. To understand this overarching geopolitical challenge of the early 21st century, citizens…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 3/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction




The American Imperial Project and the 'War to Remake the World'



Theorizing American Empire




Interpreting the Fall of a Monument




The Iraq War: Critical Reflections from 'Old Europe'




Empire's Law: War, Human Rights and International Law



The Conduct of the UN before and after the 2003 Invasion




The UN and its Conduct during the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq




Keeping its Promise: Use of Force and the New Man of International Law




Looking for Life Signs in an International Rule of Law




American Empire or Empires? Alternative Juridifications of the New World Order




Empire's Law and the Contradictory Politics of Human Rights




Occupation, Democracy and Contradictions of Empire in Iraq



A New Bonapartism?




Empire's Democracy, Ours and Theirs




The Three Cyclops of Empire-Building: Targeting the Fabric of Iraqi Society




Resisting Empire: Room for Manoeuvre?



Drifting Away from the Edge of Empire: Canada in the Era of George W. Bush




A 'Just War', or Just Another of Tony Blair's Wars?




The Uses and Abuses of Humanitarian Intervention in the Wake of Empire




Taking Empire Seriously: Empire's Law, Peoples' Law and the World Tribunal on Iraq




Whither the United Nations?



Notes on Contributors


Index