TY - BOOK AU - Byers,Michael AU - Nolte,Georg TI - United States hegemony and the foundations of international law SN - 0521819490 AV - KZ 1242 U58 2003 U1 - 341/.09 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - International law KW - History KW - United States KW - Balance of power KW - Droit international KW - Histoire KW - Etats-Unis KW - Equilibre des puissances KW - Internationaal recht KW - gtt KW - Hegemonie KW - Foreign relations KW - Relations exterieures N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: the complexities of foundational change; Michael Byers --; pt. I. International community --; International community, international law and the United States: three in one, two against one or one and the same?; Edward Kwakwa --; Influence of the United States on the concept of the "international community"; Andreas Paulus --; Comments on chapters 1 and 2; Martti Koskenniemi, Steven Ratner, and Volker Rittberger --; pt. II. Sovereign equality --; Sovereign equality: "the Wimbledon sails on"; Michel Cosnard --; More equal than the rest? Hierarchy, equality and US predominance in international law; Nico Krisch --; Comments on chapters 4 and 5; Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Matthias Herdegen, and Gregory H. Fox --; pt. III. Use of force --; Use of force by the United States after the end of the Cold War, and its impact on international law; Marcelo G. Kohen --; Bending the law, breaking it, or developing it? The United States and the humanitarian use of force in the post-Cold War era; Brad Roth --; Comments on chapters 7 and 8; Thomas Franck, Jochen Abr. Frowein, and Daniel Thèurer --; pt. IV. Customary international law. 10 --; Powerful but unpersuasive? The role of the United States in the evolution of customary international law; Stephen Toope --; Hegemonic custom?; Achilles Skordas --; Comments on chapters 10 and 11; Rainer Hofmann, Andrew Hurrell, and Rudiger Wolfrum --; pt. V. Law of treaties: --; Effects of US predominance on the elaboration of treaty regimes and on the evolution of the law of treaties; Pierre Klein --; US reservations to human rights treaties: all for one and none for all?; Catherine Redgwell --; Comments on chapters 13 and 14; Jost Delbrèuck, Alain Pellet, and Bruno Simma --; pt. VI. Compliance --; Impact on international law of US noncompliance; Shirley V. Scott --; Compliance: multilateral achievements and predominant powers; Peter-Tobias Stoll --; Comments on chapters 16 and 17; Vaughan Lowe, David M. Malone, and Christian Tomuschat --; Conclusion; Georg Nolte UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam033/2002035015.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam031/2002035015.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/2002035015.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0731/2002035015-b.html UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stanford/Doc?id=10069952 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=43060 ER -