Shifting Global Powers and International Law

Rowena Maguire is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and a research affiliate at the Cambridge Climate Change Centre for Mitigation Research, UK. Bridget Lewis is a Lecturer in international law at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Charles Sampford is a Professor and Foundation Dean of Law at Griffith University, Australia. He is also Director of the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, a joint initiative with the United Nations University, Griffith, QUT, ANU, Jindal Global University and the Center for Asian Integrity in Manila.

1. Editors’ Introduction Part One: Shifting Global Powers 2. Dreams and Nightmares of Alternative Future Powers Charles Sampford 3. Looking back to anticipate the future: International law in the era of the United States Associate Shirley Scott 4. A Lament for a Lost Decade of Human Rights Ramesh Thakur Part Two: Challenges in the New World Order: evaluating existing regimes 5. Shifting global power and international climate governance Rowena Maguire 6. Liberalisation of Education Services: Implication for Education as Human Right from the Perspective of Developing Countries Shawkat Alam 7. Shifting State Power: Re-mapping indigenous sovereignties Anthony McAvoy and Marcelle Burns 8. The Australian Constitution and the Paradigm Shift in the Global Construct: Can a 19th Constitution Cope with 21st Century Chaos? Lt Gen John Sanderson AC (ret) Part Three: Shifting values and emerging norms 9. The Role of the International Criminal Court and Rome Statute in International Criminal Justice Standard Setting: Some Reflections Rahmet Mohamad 10. The influence of constitutional reform in the developing world on the emergence of a customary right to a healthy environment Bridget Lewis 11. Recent Developments in the law and practice of female genital mutilation: could an absolute human right emerge Ben Matthews 12. China, R2P and the principle of non-intervention: assessing the implications of the Libyan crisis Andrew Garwood-Gowers 13. The Rise of China and Its Impact on, and Relation to, International Economic Law Ross Buckley 14. A tale of two projects: human rights accountability in development projects Adam McBeth