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Just war or just peace? : humanitarian intervention and international law / Simon Chesterman.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Oxford monographs in international lawPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: xxviii, 295 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0199243379
  • 9780199243372
  • 019925799X
  • 9780199257997
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JZ6369 .C44
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Contents:
The just war: the origins of humanitarian intervention -- The scourge of war: humanitarian intervention and the prohibition of the use of force in the UN Charter -- "You, the people": unilateral intervention to promote democracy -- The new interventionism: threats to international peace and security and Security Council actions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter -- Passing the baton: the delegation of Security Council enforcement powers from Kuwait to Kosovo -- Just war or just peace? Humanitarian intervention, inhumanitarian non-intervention, and other peace strategies.
Awards:
  • Winner of an American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit, 2002.
Review: "Readership: Lawyers and academics working in international law, international relations, and war studies." "This book critically examines the right of humanitarian intervention, asserted most spectacularly by NATO during its 1999 air strikes over Kosovo. The UN Charter prohibits the unilateral use of force, but there have long been arguments that such a right might exist as an exception to this rule, or linked to the changing role of the Security Council. Through an analysis of these questions, the book puts NATO's action in Kosovo in its proper legal and historical perspective."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-282) and index.

The just war: the origins of humanitarian intervention -- The scourge of war: humanitarian intervention and the prohibition of the use of force in the UN Charter -- "You, the people": unilateral intervention to promote democracy -- The new interventionism: threats to international peace and security and Security Council actions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter -- Passing the baton: the delegation of Security Council enforcement powers from Kuwait to Kosovo -- Just war or just peace? Humanitarian intervention, inhumanitarian non-intervention, and other peace strategies.

"Readership: Lawyers and academics working in international law, international relations, and war studies." "This book critically examines the right of humanitarian intervention, asserted most spectacularly by NATO during its 1999 air strikes over Kosovo. The UN Charter prohibits the unilateral use of force, but there have long been arguments that such a right might exist as an exception to this rule, or linked to the changing role of the Security Council. Through an analysis of these questions, the book puts NATO's action in Kosovo in its proper legal and historical perspective."--Jacket.

Winner of an American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit, 2002.

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