Proceedings of a workshop held in the summer of 2010 in Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the just war tradition and the practice of political authority / Anthony F Lang, Jr. and Cian O'Driscoll -- The right to use armed force : sovereignty, responsibility and the common good / James Turner Johnson -- Just war and political judgment / Chris Brown -- Natural flourishing as the normative ground of just war : a Christian view / Nigel Biggar -- "Not in my name" : legitimate authority and liberal just war theory / John Williams -- The inseparability of gender hierarchy, the just war tradition, and authorizing war / Laura Sjoberg -- Legitimate authority and the war against al-Qaeda / Nahed Artoul Zehr -- Problems of legitimacy within the just war tradition and international law / Tarik Kochi -- Narrative authority / Anthony F Lang, Jr. -- Culpability and punishment in classical theories of just war / Gregory Reichberg -- The necessity of "right intent" for justifiably waging war / Joseph Boyle -- Revenge, affect and just war / Brent Steele -- Just war and guerrilla war / Michael Gross -- Bugsplat : US standing rules of engagement, international humanitarian law, military necessity and non-combat immunity / Neta Crawford -- Just war and military education and training / Martin Cook -- The triumph of just war tradition and the possibility of imperial overstretch / John Kelsay -- The wager lost by winning? : on the "Triumph" of the just war tradition / Nicholas Rengger -- Conclusion / Cian O'Driscoll.