The Use of Force in International Law - A Case-Based Approach (Paperback)

The international law on the use of force is one of the oldest branches of international law. It is an area twinned with the emergence of international law as a concept in itself, and which sees law and politics collide. The number of armed conflicts is equal only to the number of methodological approaches used to describe them. Many violent encounters are well known. The Kosovo Crisis in 1999 and the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 spring easily to the minds of most scholars and academics, and gain extensive coverage in this text. Other conflicts, including the Belgian operation in Stanleyville, and the Ethiopian Intervention in Somalia, are often overlooked to our peril. Ruys and Corten's expert-written text compares over sixty different instances of the use of cross border force since the adoption of the UN Charter in 1945, from all out warfare to hostile encounters between individual units, targeted killings, and hostage rescue operations, to ask a complex question. How much authority does the power of precedent really have in the law of the use of force?

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2018
Editors:	Tom Ruys (Professor of Law) • Olivier Corten (Professor of Law) • Alexandra Hofer (Doctoral Researcher)
Dimensions:	247 x 170 x 51mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	962
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-878436-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International law of territories Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law
LSN:	0-19-878436-8
Barcode:	9780198784364

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