Includes bibliographical references and index.

Report from Rome on redefining sovereignty : the use of force after the end of the Cold War : new options lawful and legitimate? / Michael Bothe, Marina Mancini, Natalino Ronzitti -- Report from Frankfurt on redefining sovereignty : the use of force after the end of the Cold War : new options, lawful and legitimate? / Michael Bothe, Andreas Fischer-Lescano -- The use of force in the post-Cold War era : from collective action back to pre-charter self defense? / Lothar Brock -- National sovereignty and international responsibility : legal and policy aspects / Dieter Fleck -- Ordering the new world / John Mueller -- The current status of legal principles prohibiting the use of force and legal justifications of the use of force / Natalino Ronzitti -- Sovereignty, the Security Council and the use of force / Yoram Dinstein -- American hyper-sovereignty from Kosovo to the "global war on terror" / Mary Ellen O'Connell -- The role of regional organizations in maintaining peace and security / Jost Delbruck -- The end of the conflict and post-conflict peace-building / Andrea Gioia -- The dimensions of domestic constitutional and statutory limits on the use of military force / Michael Bothe, Andreas Fischer-Lescano -- ECOWAS operations in Liberia and Sierra Leone : amnesty for past unlawful acts or progress toward future rules? / Marco Gestri -- Might for rights : the French intervention in Rwanda 1994 / Andreas Hasenclever -- Forcible humanitarian action : the case of Kosovo / Marc Weller -- Redefining sovereignty via international constitutional moments? : the case of Afghanistan / Andreas Fischer-Lescano -- Legality of maritime interception operations within the framework of Operation Enduring Freedom / Wolff Heintschel v. Heinegg -- The legality of the use of force : Iraq in 2003 / Christopher Greenwood -- Has article 2(4) survived the Iraq war? / Michael Bothe -- Report from Columbus : discussions on the future of law and institutions on the use of force in a one superpower world / edited by Mary Ellen O'Connell, B. Welling Hall.