Introduction&David Armstrong 1
Section Ⅰ The nature of international law 11
1 International law and international relations scholarship&Robert J. Beck 13
2 International law and international community&Andreas Pauhus 44
3 Legal theory and international law&Friedrich Kratochwil 55
4 Soft law&Dinah Shelton 68
5 The practice of international law&Anthony Carty 81
6 International law as a unitary system&Anthony D'Amato 101
Section Ⅱ Evolution of international law 113
7 International law in the ancient world&David J. Bederman 115
8 The age of Grotius&Edward Keene 126
9 The legacy of the nineteenth century&Martti Koskenniemi 141
10 Latin American international law&Liliana Obregon 154
11 Religion and international law: an analytical survey of the relationship&Mashood Baderin 165
12 The struggle for an international constitutional order&Marc Weller 179
Section Ⅲ Law and power in international society 195
13 Law and force in the twenty-first century&Gerry Simpson 197
14 The nature of US engagement with international law: making sense of apparent inconsistencies&Shirley Scott 210
15 The Iraq war and international law&Wayne Sandholtz 222
16 The International Criminal Court&Beth Simmons and Allison Danner 239
Section Ⅳ Key issues in international law 247
17 Fideliry to constitutional democracy and to the rule of international law&Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell 249
18 International crimes&William A. Schabas 268
19 Challenges of the “new terrorism”&John F. Murphy 281
20 Law and legitimacy: the World Trade Organization&Amrita Narlikar 294
21 Attainments, eclipses and disciplinary renewal in international human rights law: a critical overview&Obiora Chinedu Okafor 303
22 Colonial origins of intellectual property regimes in African states&Ikechi Mgbeoji 316
23 Indigenous rights claims in international law: self-determination,culture and development&Karen Engle 331
24 International refugee law: dominant and emerging approaches&Helene Lambert 344
25 Sustainable development in international law&Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger 355
26 WTO law and sustainable development&Markus W. Gehring 375
27 Looking ahead: international law's main challenges&Andrea Bianchi 392
Bibliography 410
Index 452