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Civil War and the Rule of Law: Security, Development, Human Rights

Agnès Hurwitz with Reyko Huang, editors
Civil War and the Rule of Law: Security, Development, Human Rights
ISBN: 978-1-58826-531-9
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2008/353 pages/LC: 2007037868
A project of the International Peace Institute

DESCRIPTION

How do rule of law programs contribute to conflict management? What strategies best address the challenges to securing the rule of law in fragile countries? What place do rule of law policies have in efforts to achieve stable and equitable development?

The authors of Civil War and the Rule of Law address these fundamental questions, analyzing rule of law programs in the context of conflict prevention, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding activities. Throughout the book, they emphasize the critical relationship linking the rule of law, security, development, and human rights.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Agnès Hurwitz is in the Office of the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. In 2004-2006 she headed the Rule of Law Project at the International Peace Institute. Reyko Huang, formerly a program officer at the International Peace Institute, is a doctoral candidate in political science at Columbia University.

CONTENTS

  • Civil War and the Rule of Law: Toward Security, Development, and Human Rights—A. Hurwitz.
  • THE RULE OF LAW: CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES.
  • Exploring the Rule of Law in Theory and Practice—R. Mani.
  • Invoking the Rule of Law: International Discourses—B. Rajagopal.
  • CONFLICT PREVENTION, PEACEKEEPING, AND PEACEBUILDING.
  • Prevention and the Rule of Law: Rhetoric and Reality—C.L. Sriram.
  • UN Peacekeeping Operations and Rule of Law Programs—W.G. O'Neill.
  • Model Codes: Laying the Foundation of the Rule of Law—C. Rausch and V. O'Connor.
  • "Ownership": The Transfer of Authority in Postconflict Operations—S. Chesterman.
  • Addressing the Past: Reparations for Gross Human Rights Abuses—P. de Greiff.
  • LINKING SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT, AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
  • Beyond Restitution: Housing, Land, Property, and the Rule of Law—A. Hurwitz.
  • Corruption: A Rule of Law Agenda?—M. O'Donnell.
  • Counterterrorism and the Rule of Law—R. Huang.
  • CONCLUSION.
  • Rule of Law and Peacebuilding Processes—A. Hurwitz.