Matthew Saul is a postdoctoral research fellow at Universitetet i Oslo.

Introduction; Part I. Concepts and Theories: 1. The process of post-conflict reconstruction; 2. The legitimacy and effectiveness of post-conflict reconstruction; Part II. The International Legal Framework: 3. The law for identifying governments in the immediate aftermath of conflict; 4. The international law for popular governance after conflict; Part III. The Practice of Popular Governance: 5. Popular governance and international law in the reconstruction of Sierra Leone; 6. Popular governance and international law in the reconstruction of Afghanistan; Part IV. The Way Forward?: 7. Ad hoc regulation of post-conflict popular governance?; Conclusion.