Can Might Make Rights?: Building the Rule of Law after Military Interventions

Jane Stromseth (Georgetown University, Washington DC),David Wippman (Cornell University, New York),Rosa Brooks (University of Virginia)

Can Might Make Rights?: Building the Rule of Law after Military Interventions
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
25 September 2006
Pages
426
ISBN
9780521678018

Can Might Make Rights?: Building the Rule of Law after Military Interventions

Jane Stromseth (Georgetown University, Washington DC),David Wippman (Cornell University, New York),Rosa Brooks (University of Virginia)

This book looks at why it’s so difficult to create ‘the rule of law’ in post-conflict societies such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and offers critical insights into how policy-makers and field-workers can improve future rule of law efforts. A must-read for policy-makers, field-workers, journalists and students trying to make sense of the international community’s problems in Iraq and elsewhere, this book shows how a narrow focus on building institutions such as courts and legislatures misses the more complex cultural issues that affect societal commitment to the values associated with the rule of law. The authors place the rule of law in context, showing the interconnectedness between the rule of law and other post-conflict priorities, such as reestablishing security. The authors outline a pragmatic, synergistic approach to the rule of law which promises to reinvigorate debates about transitions to democracy and post-conflict reconstruction.

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