Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-232) and index.

Toward a necessary utopianism: democratic global governance -- The p ower of rights and the rights of power: what future for human rights? - - Orientalism and international law -- Toward global democracy -- Citiz enship and globalization -- The Holocaust and the emergence of internat ional human rights -- The Pinochet moment: whither universal jurisdicti on? -- Genocide at the world court: the case against Serbia -- A descen ding spiral -- Encroaching on the rule of law: counter-terrorist justif ications -- Humanitarian intervention -- Crimes, lies, and law: human r ights in adversity -- Humanity in question -- The ideal of the citizen pilgrim.