Part 1. General Articles -- T.M.C. Asser and Public and Private International Law: The Life and Legacy of 'a Practical Legal Statesman' / Geert De Baere and Alex Mills -- Legal Aspects of the Transfer of Authority in UN Peace Operations / Terry D. Gill -- Part 2. The Case of Iraq: International Law and Politics -- After 'Iraq': Back to the International Rule of Law? An Introduction to the NYIL 2011 Agora / Janne Nijman -- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Providing Legal Advice on Military Action Against Iraq / Kenneth M. Manusama -- Whose International Order? Which Law? / Thomas Mertens and Janine van Dinther -- Forging International Order: Inquiring the Dutch Support of the Iraq Invasion / Tanja E. Aalberts -- 'Public' International Law? Democracy and Discourses of Legal Reality / Philip Liste -- Does Might Still Make Right? International Relations Theory and the Use of International Law Regarding the 2003 Iraq War / Bertjan Verbeek -- Libya and Lessons from Iraq: International Law and the Use of Force by the United Kingdom / Nigel D. White