[A-List] Call for Papers - Law and War

[Chad M Kautzer <ckautzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

CALL FOR PAPERS
Law and War

Peace Review, A Journal of Social Justice
Guest Editor: Chad Kautzer
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2004

Contributors will include Noam Chomsky

The U.S. National Security Strategy adopted in 2001 maps an aggressive,
unipolar vision of American empire. New interpretations of preemptive
strike, imminent threat, and unlawful combatant have followed, leaving the
letter of the law (of war) unchanged, while radically reinterpreting the
terms to which it applies. Have jus ad bellum and international
humanitarian law become mere tools of imperial aspirations, or can they
yet serve the cause of a peaceful international order?

Peace Review invites submissions for a special issue devoted to law in the
context of war in the following three respects: 1) The development of
international laws central concepts and theories; 2) The social dimension
of its institutionalization; and 3) The contemporary military and
interpretive threats to the rule of law itself. Possible questions for
consideration might include: How do colonial, religious, or commercial
interests inscribe todays international laws and just war theories? How
have competing public and private interests contributed to the evolution
of terms such as preemptive strike, imminent threat, or individual and
nation-state sovereignty? What role have social movements and NGOs played
in the codification of international humanitarian law and the operations
of the United Nations? What role could they play in the future? How are we
to conceive of the relationship between recent U.S.-led wars and the
globalization of capitalist markets? Does the International Criminal Court
or the concept of humanitarian intervention have a future after the Bush
years?

Peace Review is a quarterly, multidisciplinary, transnational journal of
research and analysis, focusing on the current issues and controversies
that underlie the promotion of a more peaceful world. We define peace
research to include human rights, development, ecology, culture, race,
gender and related issues. Our task is to present the results of this
research and thinking in short (2500-3500 words), accessible and
substantive essays.

For writers guidelines or to send essay submissions by email attachment to
Robert Elias, Editor eliasr@xxxxxxxxx or Anne Hieber, Managing Editor
hieber@xxxxxxxxxx Or send correspondence to:

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