An Introduction to Rethinking International Law

As of late, strong questions have surfaced surrounding the future of international law. Is globalisation undermining notions of state sovereignty, ushering in a post-sovereign period of global governance? Is human rights discourse incurably Eurocentric, negating its future as an emancipatory vehicle? Have the latest Anglo-American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan or NATO's campaign of destruction-cum-protection against Libya rung the death knell of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter? And what of the world economy and the retreat, possibly temporary, from meta-regulatory regimes triggered by the recession and by domestic protectionist pressures (increasingly fomented by chauvinistic populism)?