International Law and the Use of Force

Foundations of Public International Law
2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-927130-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Important for graduate students on taught LLM courses in this subject area (the first edition sold well to them) as well as policy makers.

DESCRIPTION:

Since the publication of the first edition of International Law and the Use of Force, events have led to a major reappraisal of international law on the use of force. The terrorist attacks of September 11th and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan have raised fundamental questions about the right to use force in self-defence against terrorism, and the scope of the 'war on terror'. The question of whether there is now a new doctrine of pre-emptive self-defence has divided States. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 has prompted serious questions about the role of the United Nations and the legal basis of Operation Iraqi freedom: had the UN Security Council authorized the use of force against Iraq? Was the US entitled to act without such authorization?

This volume covers the whole of the large and controversial subject of the use of force in international law; it examines not only the use of force by States, but also the role of the UN and regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security.

CONTENTS:

Law and Force; The Prohibition of the Use of Force; Invitation and Intervention: Civil Wars and the Use of Force; Self-defence; Self-defence and the Use of Force against Terrorism; Collective Self-defence; The UN and the Use of Force; The UN, Member States, and Enforcement Action; Regional peacekeeping and Enforcement Action

Zielgruppe

Academics and students working in international law and international relations. Practitioners, diplomats, and policy-makers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gray, Christine

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Über Autor(innen)

CHRISTINE GRAY, Fellow of St John's College, and Reader in International Law at the University of Cambridge