The book brings together leading scholars to explore the central notions of international legitimacy and global justice.

Legitimacy, justice and public international law: three perspectives on the debate Lukas H. Meyer and Pranay Sanklecha; 1. The legitimacy of global governance institutions Allen Buchanan and Robert O. Keohane; 2. Institutionalising global demoi-cracy Samantha Besson; 3. The responsibilities and legitimacy of economic international institutions Simon Caney; 4. Do international organisations play favourites? An impartialist account Steven R. Ratner; 5. 'Victors' justice?' Historic injustice and the legitimacy of international law Daniel Butt; 6. International law and global justice Peter Koller; 7. Global justice: some problems of a cosmoplitan account Herlinde Pauer-Studer; 8. The responsibility to protect human rights David Miller; 9. The threat of violence and of new military force as a challenge to international public law Matthias Lutz-Bachmann; 10. Forcing a people to be free Arthur Applbaum.