Articles
Who is the "Human" in Human Rights? The Claims of Culture and Religion, 24 Maryland Journal of International Law 94 (2009)
Modern critiques of international human rights law force us to confront at least two conceptual...
Beyond Rationalism and Instrumentalism: the Case for Rethinking U.S. Engagement with International Law and Organization, 28 SAIS Review 79 (2008)
This Essay advances an argument for rethinking the current terms of engagement of U.S. foreign...
Of Prophets and Proselytes: Freedom of Religion and the Conflict of Rights in International Law, 49 Harvard International Law Journal 249 (2008)
The case of proselytism presents a tangle of competing claims: on the one hand, the...
Suspect Symbols: Value Pluralism as a Theory of Religious Freedom in International Law, 33 Yale Journal of International Law 2 (2008)
The grounds upon which states may limit the freedom to manifest religion or belief are...
The Emergence and Structure of Religious Freedom in International Law Reconsidered, 23 Journal of Law and Religion 455 (2008)
This Article presents a critique of the historical evolution of the right to freedom of...
Books
United Nations Reform and the New Collective Security (with Horst Fischer), (2009)
In 2004, the Report of the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change emphasised...
Protecting the Human Rights of Religious Minorities in Eastern Europe (with Elizabeth A. Cole) (2002)
Chapters in Books
The New Collective Security (with Horst Fischer), (2009)
Whether viewed as a socio-legal project gently civilizing states away from an older politics of...
Things Fall Apart: The Concept of Collective Security in International Law, (2009)
This chapter provides an introduction to the analytical and historical aspects of the concept of...
Whose Public? Which Law? Mapping the Internal/External Distinction in International Law, (2009)
This chapter challenges and problematizes the convergence thesis between sovereignty and human rights which is...
International Law, Human Rights and the Transformative Occupation of Iraq, Great Expectations: The Role of International Law in Restructuring Societies after Conflict (2008)
This chapter examines the project of transformative occupation undertaken by the United States and its...