Just War or Just Peace?: Humanitarian Intervention and International Law (Oxford Monographs in International Law)
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 019925799X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Simon Chesterman is Global Professor and Director of the New York University School of Law Singapore Programme, and Vice Dean and Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore.
A Customer said tightly argued and complex riveting. 'a tightly argued and complex presentation, with numbered, easily referenced topics in the style of a doctoral thesis (which it is). A more textured work [than Christine Gray's International Law and the Use of Force], it is arguably a more interesting read for an audience that does not already have at ready access the historical background or international law perspective to this difficult subject. It is also a more accessible work for students, and decidedly less dry and fragmented than many standard international law texts Dr Cheste. A Customer said a tour de force. 'Chesterman has written a tour de force that exposes the weaknesses of the arguments supporting a doctrine of unilateral humanitarian intervention in international society Chesterman rejects the claim that states have a legal right to act as vigilantes in support of Council resolutions, even if they believe that this is the only means to stop a genocide. The powerfully argued thesis of this scholarly work is that accepting this proposition in law is "a recipe for bad policy, bad law, and a bad international order".' -International Aff. State sovereignty is not omnipotent Very interesting analisys of humanitarian intervention in the light of international law and international customary law. The Author thinks that unilateral humanitarian intervention is not acceptable under UN regulations.
Offering a thorough analysis of this issue, the book puts NATO's action in Kosovo in its proper legal perspective.. The UN Charter prohibits state aggression, but many argue that such a right exists as an exception to this rule. This book asks whether states have the right to intervene in foreign civil conflicts for humanitarian reasons
The powerfully argued thesis of this scholarly work is that accepting this proposition in law is 'a recipe for bad policy, bad law, and a bad international order'." - International Affairs. "Admirably thorough well-researched and articulate arguments." - International Peacekeeping"Chesterman has written a tour de force that exposes the weaknesses of the arguments supporting a doctrine of unilateral humanitarian intervention in international society Chesterman rejects the claim that states have a legal right to act as vigilantes in support of Council resolutions, even if they believe that this is