Lori Allen is Reader in Anthropology at SOAS University of London. She is the author of The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine (Stanford, 2013).

Introduction: International Law as a Way of Being
1. Petitioning Liberals: The King-Crane Commission
2. Universalizing Liberal Internationalism: The Arab Revolt and the Boycott of the Peel Commission
3. The Humanitarian Politics of Jewish Suffering: The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
4. Third World Solidarity at the General Assembly: A UN Special Committee on Human Rights
5. The Silences of Democratic Listening: The Mitchell Committee
6. The Shift to Crime and Punishment: UN Missions Renewing Hope in International Law
Conclusion: Toward an Anthropology of International Law, and Next Time and Again for Palestine