Orford, Anne <br/><br/>
Reading Humanitarian Intervention : 	  Human Rights and the Use of Force in International Law / 
Anne Orford 
 - 1st Ed. 
 - New York, USA  Cambridge University Press  2003 
 - ix, 243p. : ill. ; 23cm 
 - Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law .
<br/><br/>It includes preface, contents, bibliography and Index pages etc. 
<br/><br/> Book description: <br/><br/>During the 1990s, humanitarian intervention seemed to promise a world in which democracy, self-determination and human rights would be privileged over national interests or imperial ambitions. Orford provides critical readings of the narratives that accompanied such interventions and shaped legal justifications for the use of force by the international community. Through a close reading of legal texts and institutional practice, she argues that a far more circumscribed, exploitative and conservative interpretation of the ends of intervention was adopted during this period. The book draws on a wide range of sources, including critical legal theory, feminist and postcolonial theory, psychoanalytic theory and critical geography, to develop ways of reading directed at thinking through the cultural and economic effects of militarized humanitarianism. The book concludes by asking what, if anything, has been lost in the move from the era of humanitarian intervention to an international relations dominated by wars on terror.<br/><br/><br/>Select Frontmatter<br/><br/>    Frontmatter<br/>    pp i-iv<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Contents<br/><br/>    Contents<br/>    pp v-vi<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Preface<br/><br/>    Preface<br/>    pp vii-x<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 1 - Watching East Timor<br/><br/>    1 - Watching East Timor<br/>    pp 1-37<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 2 - Misreading the texts of international law<br/><br/>    2 - Misreading the texts of international law<br/>    pp 38-81<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 3 - Localizing the other: the imaginative geography of humanitarian intervention<br/><br/>    3 - Localizing the other: the imaginative geography of humanitarian intervention<br/>    pp 82-125<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 4 - Self-determination after intervention: the international community and post-conflict reconstruction<br/><br/>    4 - Self-determination after intervention: the international community and post-conflict reconstruction<br/>    pp 126-157<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 5 - The constitution of the international community: colonial stereotypes and humanitarian narratives<br/><br/>    5 - The constitution of the international community: colonial stereotypes and humanitarian narratives<br/>    pp 158-185<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 6 - Dreams of human rights<br/><br/>    6 - Dreams of human rights<br/>    pp 186-219<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Bibliography<br/><br/>    Bibliography<br/>    pp 220-235<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Index<br/><br/>    Index<br/>    pp 236-243<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW<br/><br/>    CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW<br/>    pp 244-246<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521047661 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human rights; Humanitarian intervention; Intervention (International law)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>341.584 ORF