Grappling specifically with the norm of sovereignty as responsibility, the book seeks to advance a critical constructivist understanding of norm development in

International Norm Disputes: The Link between Contestation and Norm Robustness offers a rich, comparative study of when and why contested international norms de

Introduces an interpretation-contestation framework for comprehending the emergence, transformation, and legitimacy of international norms.

The meteoric rise in criminal prosecutions of former heads of state is examined for the first time in this probing and engaging narrative.

This book offers a critical appraisal of the international legal idea of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’. The idea that the international community has a re