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Empire's law : the American imperial project and the 'war to remake the world' / edited by Amy Bartholomew.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Nations.
- History.
- United States--Foreign relations--21st century.
- United States.
- International relations.
- United States--History, Military--21st century.
- History, Military.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- United Nations--History--21st century.
- International law.
- Imperialism.
- Globalization.
- United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.
- United States--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- x, 381 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto ; Toronto : Between the lines, 2006.
- Summary:
- What is the legacy of the Iraq war? Can democracy and human rights really be imposed 'by fire and sword'? What role does American imperialism play in eroding international legality? This book brings together some of the world's most outstanding theorists to provide a uniquely lucid account of the relationship between American Empire, the Bush doctrine and the war against Iraq-the 'war to remake the world' - and its implications for legality and human rights.
- Covering everything from the imperial occupation of Iraq to humanitarian intervention and just war theory, to the role of Europe, the UN and peoples' tribunals, to broader theoretical accounts of empire, war and human rights, the contributors explore the most important political and juridical implications of the 'new world order'.
- Contents:
- I The American Imperial Project and the 'War to Remake the World'
- 1 Theorizing American Empire / Leo Panitch, Sam Gindin 21
- 2 Interpreting the Fall of a Monument / Jurgen Habermas 44
- 3 The Iraq War: Critical Reflections from 'Old Europe' / Ulrich K. Preuss 52
- II Empire's Law: War, Human Rights and International Law
- 4 The Conduct of the UN before and after the 2003 Invasion / Hans von Sponeck 71
- 5 The UN and its Conduct during the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq / Denis Halliday 77
- 6 Keeping its Promise: Use of Force and the New Man of International Law / Doris E. Buss 86
- 7 Looking for Life Signs in an International Rule of Law / Trevor Purvis 110
- 8 American Empire or Empires? Alternative Juridifications of the New World Order / Peter Swan 137
- 9 Empire's Law and the Contradictory Politics of Human Rights / Amy Bartholomew 161
- III Occupation, Democracy and Contradictions of Empire in Iraq
- 10 A New Bonapartism? / Nehal Bhuta 193
- 11 Empire's Democracy, Ours and Theirs / Andrew Arato 217
- 12 The Three Cyclops of Empire-Building: Targeting the Fabric of Iraqi Society / Haifa Zangana 245
- IV Resisting Empire: Room for Manoeuvre?
- 13 Drifting Away from the Edge of Empire: Canada in the Era of George W. Bush / Reg Whitaker 265
- 14 A 'Just War', or Just Another of Tony Blair's Wars? / David Coates 282
- 15 The Uses and Abuses of Humanitarian Intervention in the Wake of Empire / Fuyuki Kurasawa 297
- 16 Taking Empire Seriously: Empire's Law, Peoples' Law and the World Tribunal on Iraq / Jayan Nayar 313
- 17 Whither the United Nations? / Samir Amin 340.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0745323707
- 0745323693
- 1897071094
- OCLC:
- 62307864
- Publisher Number:
- 9780745323701
- 9780745323695
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