War is invariably accompanied by debate, if not controversy, over
the legitimacy of using force. Alongside the longstanding state
practice of justifying use of force is the increasing codification
of legal rules on the use of force. In this volume a leading group
of international authorities consider the issues surrounding the
legitimation of force from several distinct disciplinary
perspectives, including political science, law, history and
philosophy. In particular, they examine the underlying question of
whether and how international society's traditional norms of
sovereignty and non-intervention can coexist both with the new norm
of humanitarian intervention and with an increasingly hegemonial
(if not 'imperial') role played by the United States. What is the
difference between 'legality' and 'legitimacy'? Is the latter a
truly universal concept or mainly a Western one? Are earlier ideas
about 'just war' still relevant?
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