The UN plays a vital but underappreciated role in restoring the rule of law in countries recovering from civil war.

As recent events in Iraq demonstrate, countries that have suffered civil war or rule by military regime can face a long, difficult transition to peaceful democr

Demonstrates the crucial role that the Constitution played in the coming of the Civil War.

Stephen Neff offers the first comprehensive study of the wide range of legal issues arising from the American Civil War, many of which resonate in debates to th

This compendium of laws and rules is a testimony to America's reverence for the rule of law as well as its high regard for 'civilised' behaviour on the battlefi