The February featured titles is “When international law works : realistic idealism after 9/11 and the global recession,” by Tai-Heng Cheng.  According to the publisher, the book Ranges topically from the current global economic crisis to the West’s war on Islamist terrorism, these detailed and demonstrative case studies set this book apart from similar works of international legal scholarship. By combining theory with practice, When International Law Works gives lawyers, judges, policymakers, academics, and students ‘real world’ guidance on how to face new global problems. In doing so, this new book challenges readers to rethink the role of law in an increasingly crisis-driven world. Chapter subheadings include Abu Ghraib Prison,  Waterboarding and the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Tai-Heng Cheng is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Institute for Global Law, Justice, & Policy at New York Law School, and has been a visiting professor at Vanderbilt Law School.  An author of over forty books, articles and essays, Professor Cheng’s research has been published in the University of Illinois Law Review, Temple Law Review, and the Michigan Journal of International Law. His scholarship has been cited and relied on as authoritative by U.S. federal circuit and district courts. To see the other 67 titles for this month, click HERE . All of these titles are available for checkout.