Introduction
1:The Justification of War and International Order. From Past to Present, Hendrik Simon and Lothar Brock
Part I. Basic Theoretical Considerations: On War and Order(s)
2:Politics, Ethics and History in Just War, Anthony Lang, Jr.
3:Imperialism, International Law and War: Enduring Legacies and Curious Entanglements, Siddharth Mallavarapu
Part II. The Early Modern War Discourse: A Process of Transformation?
4:Princes' Justifications of War in Early Modern Europe: the Constitution of an International Community by Communication, Anuschka Tischer
5:The Legal Mechanics of Spanish Conquest: War and Peace in Early Colonial Peru, Arnulf Becker Lorca
6:Capitalism, British Grand Strategy and the Peace Treaty of Utrecht: Towards A Historical Sociology of War- and Peacemaking in the Construction of International Order, Benno Teschke
7:Kant's Rejection of Just War: International Order between Democratic Constitutionalism and Revolutionary Violence, Oliver Eberl
Part III. The 19th Century as the Birth Era of the Modern War Discourse
8:Anarchy over Law? Towards a Genealogy of Modern War Justifications (1789-1918), Hendrik Simon
9:Protection Emergencies: Justifying Measures Short of War in the British Empire, Lauren Benton
10:The Great War and International Law: German Justifications of Prevention and Pre-emptive Self-Defence, Isabel V. Hull
11:Salvation through War? The Ottoman Search for Sovereignty in 1914, Aimee Genell and Mustafa Aksakal
12:Juridification, Politicisation, and Circumvention of Law: (De-)Legitimising Chemical Warfare before and after Ypres, 1899-1925, Miloš Vec
Part IV. From the League to the UN: The Universe of Western International Legal Order Revealing its Self-Contradictions
13:Peace through Law: Lessons from 1914, B.S. Chimni
14:Re-Ordering the World from the Skies? The Emergence and Justification of Aerial Warfare, Thomas Hippler
15:The Justificatory Potential of International Law. National Socialists' Dreams of African Colonies, Felix Lange
Part V. 'Democratic Wars' and the Post-Cold War International Order: Rise and Decline of the 'Liberal Peace'
16:'What We Are Fighting For': Democracies' Justifications of Using Armed Force since the End of the Cold War, Anna Geis and Wolfgang Wagner
17:The War on Terror and the Law of War: Shaping International Order in the Context of Irregular Violence, Michael Stohl
18:'We Are Going to War.' Narratives of Self-Defence & Responsibility in Afghanistan War Documentaries, Axel Heck and Gabi Schlag
19:Justifying Interventions - The Case of ECOWAS in Liberia, Nina Wilén
20:Humanitarian Intervention: Justifying War for a New International Order, Beate Jahn
Part VI. Alternative Paths: Non-Western Perspectives on the Justification of War and International Order from Past to Present
21:The Islamic Law of War and Peace and the International Legal Order: Convergence or Dissonance?, Sohail H. Hashmi
22:In the Name of State Sovereignty? The Justification of War in Russian History and the Present, Paul Robinson and Mikhail Antonov
23:China's Approach to the Use of Force: A Short Review of China's Changing Attitudes towards the Justification of Humanitarian Intervention, Manjiao Chi
Paty VII. International Rule of Law: Justifying, Contesting and Perpetuating the Use of Force
24:Justified: Just War and the Ethics of Violence and World Order, Chris Brown
25:How Many Deaths Can Art 2 (4) UN Charter Die?, Thilo Marauhn
26:Justification and Critique: Humanitarianism and Imperialism over Time, B.S. Chimni
27:The Justification and Critique of Coercion as World Order Politics, Christopher Daase and Nicole Deitelhoff
An Attempt at a Synthesis
28:Justifications of the Use of Force as Constitutive Elements of World Order - Points of Departure, Arrivals and Moving Destinations, Lothar Brock and Hendrik Simon
