Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Defining Sovereignty 2. Sovereignty, (Ir)responsibility, and Intervention 3. Normative Theory and Political Theology 4. The Politics of Sovereignty as Responsibility: The Case of Libya 5. Sovereignty, Intervention and Contemporary International Law 6. Beyond Sovereignty? Cosmopolitanism and Realist Thought on the World State Conclusion: Myths and Metaphors of Sovereignty

About the Author

Jeremy Moses is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. His research interests are in the ethics of war and intervention, with a particular focus on the Responsibility to Protect. He has previously published articles in International Politics, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, and Global Change, Peace and Security.