Power and justice in international relations : Interdisciplinary approaches to global challenges

Contents:
List of tables and figures;
Notes on contributors;
Foreword, Marie-Luisa Frick and Andreas Oberprantacher;
1. Introduction: a man and his quest for global justice, Chandra Muzzafar;
Part 1 Power Unleashed? The Use of Force in International Relations and the Future of International Law:
2. From a unipolar to a multipolar world: a post-Bush US presidency for a post-Western world, Anthony Carty;
3. Did Captain America kill international law?, Chin Leng Lim;
4. Opting for truth: the Roman Catholic Church in international affairs, Jodok Troy;
5. Difference arguments in international law and relations, Sienho Yee;
Part 2 Conceptual Disputes in Contemporary International Law:
6. Peace through law revisited: Kelsen's vision of international law at the beginning of the 21st century, Andreas Th. Müller;
7. Post-bellum war crimes tribunals and contemporary international law: adjudging state responsibility and 'war guilt' issues, Edward McWhinney;
8. The concept of human security: does it add anything of value to international legal theory or practice?, Lyal S. Sunga;
Part 3 Knowledge Production and Epistemic Violence in International Relations:
9. The epistemic violence of the international security system in Africa, Belachew Gebrewold;
10. Human rights and the challenges of intercultural dialogue in the 21st century: a perspective from sub-Saharan Africa, Michael O. Maduagwu;
11. Overcoming cover-science in Latin American social sciences and humanities – an intervention, Johannes Maerk;
12. The tyranny of the status quo: economic modeling, economic policy paradigms, and the financial crisis, Jesús Crespo Cuaresma.
Part 4 Global Social Justice and the Question of Power:
13. International economics and the question of power: a manifold but obscured relationship, Andreas Exenberger;
14. Was Marx right after all? A critical analysis of the global financial crisis, Elmar Altvater;
15. Capitalism vs. ecology: nature, too, expects justice!, Türkkaya Ataöv;
16. Cooperation and global public goods: aspects of fairness in international relations, Ulrich Metschl;
Index.