Lawyering Peace

In All But The Rarest Circumstances The World''S Deadly Conflicts Are Ended Not Through Outright Victory But Through A Series Of Negotiations. Not All Of These Negotiations However Yield A Durable Peace. To Successfully Mitigate Conflict Drivers The Parties In Conflict Must Address A Number Of Puzzles Such As Whether And How To Share And/Or Re-Establish A State''S Monopoly Of Force Reallocate The Ownership And Management Of Natural Resources Modify The State Structure Or Provide For A Path Toward External Self-Determination. Successfully Resolving These Puzzles Requires The Parties To Navigate A Number Of Conundrums And Make Choices And Design Mechanisms That Are Appropriate To The Particular Context Of The Conflict And Which Are Most Likely To Lead To A Durable Peace. Lawyering Peace Aims To Help Future Negotiators Build Better And More Durable Peace Agreements Through A Rigorous Examination Of How Other Parties Have Resolved These Puzzles And Associated Conundrums.