Introduction&Matthew Happold 1
1 The Security Council， the security imperative and international law&Nigel D.White 4
2 Ascertaining inchoate threats to international peace and security&Isobel Roele 23
3 Nuclear non-proliferation and the UN Security Council in a multipolar world： can international law protect states from the Security Council？&Daniel H.Joyner 43
4 Using force in international affairs： the role of international law in contemporary international politics&Dominika Svarc 68
5 Russia and competing spheres of influence： the case of Georgia， Abkhazia and South Ossetia&James Summers 91
6 Hegemony， multipolarity and the system of international law&Alexander Orakhelashvili 114
7 Orthodox generalists and political activists in international legal scholarship&Jorg Kammerhofer 138
8 Basic rights and global justice： the problem of international coercion&Silviya Lechner 158
9 The duality of the legitimacy of global actors in the international legal order&Jean d’Aspremont and Eric de Brabandere 179
10 Democracy as a global norm： has it finally emerged？&Christian Pippan 203
11 International law and East Asia’s regional order： the strengthening of a fundamental institution&Pablo Pareja-Alcaraz 224
12 Post-Soviet states and international law in a multipolar world&Rima Tkatova 242
13 Universality， the UN and the Organization of the Islamic Conference： single， complementary or competing legal orders？&Katja Samuel 263
14 The development of self-contained regimes as an obstacle to UN global governance&Carmen Draghici 283
15 The relationship between Community law and international law after Kadi： did the ECJ slam the door on effective multilateralism？&Aurel Sari 303
Index 323