The Politics of the Globalization of Law Getting from Rights to Justice

"In the field of international human rights, the lure of law entices both lawyers and non-lawyers alike. Making rights legal promises precision, predictability and enforceability, in an area crying out for all three. And there are sound reasons to have faith in the law, for sometimes it delivers on these promises. At other times, however, it fails to deliver, or delivers inadequately. The essays in this timely volume spell out the positives and negatives for human rights of relying on the law, using live case studies from around the world, and in ways that are trenchant, practical and forward-looking." -David Kinley, The University of Sydney "This exciting new volume will be of interest to scholars of international relations and law. Taken together, the contributions from a range of interdisciplinary scholars offer cogent arguments for the importance of law and norms in global governance, tempered with a healthy recognition of their limitations." -Chandra Lekha Sriram, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies