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341.6 B991w
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Summary:
"International law governing the use of military force has been the subject of intense public debate. Under what conditions is it appropriate, or necessary, for a country to use force when diplomacy has failed? Michael Byers, a widely known expert on international law, weights these issues in War Law."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
Originally published: Great Britain : Atlantic Books, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-197) and index.
Contents:
- 1. Security council authorization
- 2. Expanding reach of the security council
- 3. Implied authorization and intentional ambiguity
- 4. 'Inherent right' of self-defence
- 5. Self-defence against terrorism
- 6. Pre-emptive self-defence
- 7. Pro-democratic intervention
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- 8. Unilateral humanitarian intervention
- 9. Responsibility to protect
- 10. Protection of civilians
- 11. Protection of combatants and prisoners of war
- 12. War crimes courts and tribunals
- Epilogue : war law and the single superpower
- App. Charter of the United Nations, 1945.
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