'… an outstanding collection of well-referenced contributions from a broad spectrum of cultures and experience.' John Sanderson, Australian Institute of International Affairs
Part I. Context: 1. Introduction. Theorising global responsibilities Ramesh Thakur and William Maley; 2. The evolution of the Responsibility to Protect: from concept and principle to actionable norm Gareth Evans; 3. From the right to persecute to the Responsibility to Protect: Feuerbachian inversions of rights and responsibilities in state-citizen relations Charles Sampford and Ramesh Thakur; 4. R2P and a theory of norm circulation Amitav Acharya; Part II. The Responsibility to Protect, Normative Theory, and Global Governance: 5. Responsibility to Protect and world order Tim Dunne; 6. International law and the Responsibility to Protect Michael Byers; 7. The Responsibility to Protect, multilateralism and international legitimacy Edward Newman; 8. Global governance and the Responsibility to Protect Abiodun Williams; 9. International law, the Responsibility to Protect, and international crises Jean-Marc Coicaud; 10. The Responsibility to Protect and the just war tradition Alex J. Bellamy; 11. War is not the answer: R2P and military intervention Jonathan Graubart; Part III. The Responsibility to Protect and International Social Purposes: 12. United Nations peacekeeping and the Responsibility to Protect Mats Berdal; 13. Humanitarian law, refugee protection, and the Responsibility to Protect William Maley; 14. Is the Responsibility to Protect doctrine gender-neutral? Susan Harris Rimmer; 15. The Responsibility to Protect: a western idea? Jacinta O'Hagan; 16. Colonialism and the Responsibility to Protect Siddharth Mallavarapu.