This book explores the implications of a multipolar world for the development of international law, including contributions from Nigel White, Alexander Orakhelashvili and Christian Pippan. The contributions explore issues including the use of force, governance, regionalism and the relevance of the UN, considering the relationship between power and law.

Matthew Happold is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Luxembourg

Introduction, Matthew Happold 1. The Security Council, the Security Imperative and International Law, Nigel D. White 2. Ascertaining Inchoate Threats to International Peace and Security, Isobel Roele 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 4. Using Force in International Affairs: the Role of International Law in Contemporary International Politics, Dominika Švarc 5. Russia and the Competing Spheres of Influence: the Case of Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, James Summers 6. Hegemony, Multipolarity and the System of International Law, Alexander Orakhelashvili 7. Orthodox Generalists and Political Activists in International Legal Scholarship, Jörg Kammerhofer 8. Basic Rights and Global Justice: The Problem of International Coercion, Silviya Lechner 9. The Duality of the Legitimacy of Global Actors in the International Legal Order, Jean D'Aspremont and Eric de Brabandere 10. Democracy as a Global Norm: Has It Finally Emerged?, Christian Pippin 11. International Law and East Asia's Regional Order: The Strengthening of a Fundamental Institution, Pablo Pareja-Alcaraz 12. Post-Soviet States and International Law in a Multipolar World, Rima Tkatova 13. Universality, the UN and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference: Single, Complementary, or Competing Legal Orders?, Katja Samuel 14. The Development of Self-Contained Regimes as an Obstacle to UN Global Governance, Carmen Draghici 15. The Relationship between Community Law and International Law after Kadi: Did the ECJ Slam the Door on 'Effective Multilateralism?, Aurel Sari