Format:
1 online resource (352 pages)
ISBN:
9781139554473
Content:
An extensive analysis of the norms and legal institutions of the African Union and their relevance to Africa's quest for peace.
Content:
Cover -- PEACEBUILDING IN THE AFRICAN UNION -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CASES -- TABLE OF RESOLUTIONS AND DECLARATIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 Towards an introduction -- International law and postcolonial peace -- The quest for alternative approaches to conflicts -- Argument and focus of the book -- Approach of the book -- Structure of the book -- 2 International law and the Third World -- Introduction -- Development of international law -- Purpose and focus of international law -- International law and approaches to peacebuilding -- Faultlines of neo-liberal international law approaches -- Third World Approaches to International Law -- The Third World and the quest for 'relevance' -- Evolution and estuaries of TWAIL -- Utility of TWAIL to peacebuilding -- Conclusion -- 3 Violence and conflicts in Africa -- Introduction -- Overview of conflicts in Africa -- Causes of internal conflicts in Africa -- Historical legacies and burden of inheritance -- Ethnic claims as sources of conflicts -- Bad governance, politics of exclusion and beyond -- Rights violations and the yearning for freedom -- Attributes of internal conflicts in Africa -- Ramifications of conflicts in Africa -- Alternative perspectives on internal conflicts -- The ' non-emancipated' postcolonial state -- Re-traditionalisation of society -- Conclusion -- 4 International law responses to conflicts -- Introduction -- International law, the United Nations and internal conflicts -- The just war theory: a brief appraisal -- Jus ad bellum, international law and the UN Charter -- Jus ad bellum and internal conflicts -- Intervention and Responsibility to Protect in internal conflicts -- Limitations of the contemporary jus ad bellum regime -- Embodiment of regional international law in Africa -- Background and principles of the OAU.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107015210
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107015210
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=989148
