John J. Kirton, Professor, University of Toronto, Canada with Jelena Madunic, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada

• Contents: Introduction; Part I The Sources and Development of International Law: Positivism, functionalism, and international law, Hans J. Morgenthau; The subjects of a modern law of nations, Philip C. Jessup; Codification and development of international law, H. Lauterpacht; New approaches to the study of international law, Richard A. Falk; The prescribing function in world constitutive process: how international law is made, Myres S. McDougal and W. Michael Reisman; The reality and efficacy of international law, Ian Brownlie; Global economics and international economic law, John H. Jackson. Part II Competing Theories of International Law: International law and assumptions about the state system, William D. Coplin; International relations and international law: 2 optics, Robert O. Keohane; The waning of the sovereign state: towards a new paradigm for international law, Christoph Schreuer; The concept of legalization, Kenneth W. Abbot, Robert O. Keohane, Andrew Moravcsik, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Duncan Snidal. Part III Hard Law, Soft Law, Legalization and Norms: Hard and soft law in international governance, Kenneth W. Abbot and Duncan Snidal; Alternatives to 'legalization': richer views of law and politics, Martha Finnemore and Stephen J. Toope; Legalization, trade liberalization and domestic politics: a cautionary note, Judith Goldstein and Lisa L. Martin; Sovereignty and inequality, Benedict Kingsbury; Private justice in a global economy: from litigation to arbitration, Walter Mattli. Part IV Does International Law Matter? Compliance, Legitimacy and Accountability: On compliance, Abram Chayes and Antonia Handler Chayes; How do international institutions matter? The domestic impact of international rules and norms, Andrew P. Cortell and James W. Davies Jr; The power of legitimacy and the legitimacy of power: international law in an age of power disequilibrium, Thomas M. Franck. Part V The Laws of War and Force: The complexities of humanitarian intervention: a new world order challenge, Richard Falk; The use of force in international law, Thomas M. Franck; Name Index.