United States hegemony and the foundations of international law / 
edited by Michael Byers, Georg Nolte. 
 - Cambridge, UK ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2003. 
 - xvii, 531 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction: the complexities of foundational change /  International community, international law and the United States: three in one, two against one or one and the same? /  Influence of the United States on the concept of the "international community" /  Comments on chapters 1 and 2 /  Sovereign equality: "the Wimbledon sails on" /  More equal than the rest? Hierarchy, equality and US predominance in international law /  Comments on chapters 4 and 5 /  Use of force by the United States after the end of the Cold War, and its impact on international law /  Bending the law, breaking it, or developing it? The United States and the humanitarian use of force in the post-Cold War era /  Comments on chapters 7 and 8 /  Powerful but unpersuasive? The role of the United States in the evolution of customary international law /  Hegemonic custom? /  Comments on chapters 10 and 11 /  Effects of US predominance on the elaboration of treaty regimes and on the evolution of the law of treaties /  US reservations to human rights treaties: all for one and none for all? /  Comments on chapters 13 and 14 /  Impact on international law of US noncompliance /  Compliance: multilateral achievements and predominant powers /  Comments on chapters 16 and 17 /  Conclusion /  Michael Byers --  Edward Kwakwa --  Andreas Paulus --  Martti Koskenniemi, Steven Ratner, and Volker Rittberger --  Michel Cosnard --  Nico Krisch --  Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Matthias Herdegen, and Gregory H. Fox --  Marcelo G. Kohen --  Brad Roth --  Thomas Franck, Jochen Abr. Frowein, and Daniel Thčurer --  Stephen Toope --  Achilles Skordas --  Rainer Hofmann, Andrew Hurrell, and Rudiger Wolfrum --  Pierre Klein --  Catherine Redgwell --  Jost Delbrčuck, Alain Pellet, and Bruno Simma --  Shirley V. Scott --  Peter-Tobias Stoll --  Vaughan Lowe, David M. Malone, and Christian Tomuschat --  Georg Nolte.  pt. I. International community --  pt. II. Sovereign equality --  pt. III. Use of force --  pt. IV. Customary international law. 10 --  pt. V. Law of treaties: --  pt. VI. Compliance -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521819490 9780521819497 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002035015 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-Y2680 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>20050114964 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International law--History.<br/>International law--History.--United States<br/>Balance of power--History.<br/>Droit international--Histoire.<br/>Droit international--Histoire.--Etats-Unis<br/>Equilibre des puissances--Histoire.<br/>Internationaal recht.<br/>Hegemonie.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations.<br/>Etats-Unis--Relations exterieures.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KZ 1242  / U58 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>341/.09