Popular Governance of Post-Conflict Reconstruction
The Role of International Law

How can a population influence decision-making on post-conflict reconstruction? This book explores the international legal framework for post-conflict popular governance.

Matthew Saul (Author)

9781107666498, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 July 2019

284 pages
22.7 x 15.1 x 1.5 cm, 0.45 kg

Under what conditions does a post-conflict government have authority? What challenges to its legitimacy does it face? To what standards can it be held accountable? Via case studies of Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, and detailed accounts of extant international law, Matthew Saul explores the international legal framework which regulates popular governance of post-conflict reconstruction.

Introduction
Part I. Concepts and Theories: 1. The process of post-conflict reconstruction
2. The legitimacy and effectiveness of post-conflict reconstruction
Part II. The International Legal Framework: 3. The law for identifying governments in the immediate aftermath of conflict
4. The international law for popular governance after conflict
Part III. The Practice of Popular Governance: 5. Popular governance and international law in the reconstruction of Sierra Leone
6. Popular governance and international law in the reconstruction of Afghanistan
Part IV. The Way Forward?: 7. Ad hoc regulation of post-conflict popular governance?
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: International humanitarian law [LBBS], Public international law [LBB], Law [L]