Hollow Norms and the Responsibility to Protect

This book explains why there is a pronounced disjuncture between R2P''s habitual invocation and its actual influence, and why it will not make the transformative progress its proponents claim.  Rather than disputing that R2P is a norm, or declaring that norms are insignificant, Hehir engages with post-positivist constructivist accounts on the role of norms to demonstrate first, that the efficacy o...