1 Mirages 1
2 International law: the legacy of the twentieth century 36
3 Irrelevant courts for important disputes 60
4 International criminal law: victors’ justice or an interminable machine? 86
5 Protecting foreign capital flows: who released the genie? 126
6 Self-spite in the regulation of international trade 160
7 The arid promises of international human rights 186
8 The allure of judicial trusteeship in the European Union experience 214
9 The future of an illusion 242
Index 261