Responsibility to protect and international law

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Alex J. Bellamy, Sara E. Davies and Luke Glanville -- Sovereignty, choice and the responsibility to protect / Edward C. Luck -- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush : on the assumed legal nature of the responsibility to protect / Ekkehard Strauss -- The responsibility to protect and the use of force : building legality? / Jutta Brunnee and Stephen J. Toope -- The responsibility to protect and international law / Alex J. Bellamy and Ruben Reike -- The responsibility to protect : a legal and rights-based perspective / Dorota Gierycz -- International law and the responsibility to protect : clarifying or expanding states' responsibilities? / Jennifer M. Welsh and Maria Banda -- Feminist refections on the responsibility to protect / Hilary Charlesworth -- Responsibility to protect : a framework for prevention / Sheri P. Rosenberg -- Stopping the killing : the international criminal court and juridical determination of the responsibility to protect / Michael Contarino and Selena Lucent -- Conclusion / Alex J. Bellamy, Sara E. Davies and Luke Glanville.