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Acknowledgements ; Contents ; Notes on Contributors ; Abbreviations ; List of Figures ; Introduction: The Rule of Law in an Era of Multi-level Governance and Global Legal Pluralism; Multi-level Governance and Global Legal Pluralism: The Disciplinary Divide; A Plea for (Conceptual) Pluralism; Crosscutting Themes: The Limitation of Power, Coherence, and the Concept of Law; Findings; Limitation of Power; Coherence; Soft Law; Notes; Bibliography; Secondary Rules; The Primary Effects of Secondary Rules: Institutions and Multi-level Governance; Introduction; Secondary Rules: A Conceptualization.

Institutional Frameworks and the Parameters of LawmakingCredible Commitments from Institutions; Direct and Indirect Lawmaking; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; The Rules of Interpretation as Secondary Rules: The Perspective of Domestic Courts; Introduction; The Rules of Interpretation as Secondary Rules; The Vienna Rules of Interpretation; The Rules of Interpretation as Secondary Rules; Consequences for Domestic Courts; The Practice of Domestic Courts; Domestic Practice Which Recognises an Obligation to Use the Vienna Rules.

Domestic Practice Which Does Not Recognise an Obligation to Use the Vienna RulesDiversity in Interpretive Approaches and the Rule of Law; Does It Matter? The Relevance of the Rules of Interpretation in Light of a Recent Example; The Self-Interest of Domestic Courts to Use the Vienna Rules; The Systemic Interest: The Rule of Law and Different Notions of Coherence and Divergence; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; The United Nations Security Council and the Politics of Secondary Rule-Making; Introduction; Legal Theory, the Rule of Law, and the Concept of Dissonance Reduction; The Case of Rn2V.

ConclusionsNotes; Bibliography; Accountability; Accountability Dynamics and the Emergence of an International Rule of Law for Detentions in Multilateral Peace Operations; The Rule of Law for Detentions in Multilateral Operations; First Steps: The 1999 UN Secretary-General Bulletin on the Observance of IHL Obligations; Rule of Law Provisions on the Mission Level: The Operation in Kosovo; The Copenhagen Process Principles and Guidelines: A Further Step towards an International Rule of Law for Detentions?; Explaining Rule of Law Development: Accountability Dynamics.

Accountability Dynamics and the Development of the SGB of 1999Accountability Dynamics for Rule of Law Provisions in Kosovo; Accountability Dynamics and the Initiation of the Copenhagen Process; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Human Rights Protection in International Organizations in the Era of Multi-level Governance and Legal Pluralism; Introduction; Hegemonic Lawmaking and Human Rights Protection in World Bank Lending; Hegemonic Lawmaking; US Hegemony at the World Bank; Safeguards, Accountability and US Hegemonic Lawmaking at the World Bank.

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