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Why are constitutionalist ideals so prominent in science fiction?
Does Independence Day depict self-defence as a legal concept with
absolute limits? Is international law lost in space? This
innovative interdisciplinary volume represents the first
exploration of the relationship between international law and
cinema. From Star Wars to Werner Herzog, The Godfather to The West
Wing, this book uncovers a diverse range of representations of
international law and its norms in film and television. Examining
the wider links between international law, cinema, and ideology,
the contributions not only examine visual representations of
international law, but they offer an essential insight into the
functions fulfilled by these cinematic representations. Providing
an extraordinary introduction to a variety of perspectives on core
international legal questions, Cinematic perspectives on
international law extends a valuable methodology by which
international lawyers can critique the depiction of international
law in film. -- .
Praise for previous edition: "...a comprehensive,
meticulously-researched study of contemporary international law
governing the use of armed force in international relations...'
Andrew Garwood-Gowers, Queensland University of Technology Law
Review, Volume 12(2) When this first English language edition of
The Law Against War published it quickly established itself as a
classic. Detailed, analytically rigorous and comprehensive, it
provided an indispensable guide to the legal framework regulating
the use of force. Now a decade on the much anticipated new edition
brings the work up to date. It looks at new precedents arising from
the Arab Spring; the struggle against the "Islamic State" in Iraq
and Syria; and the conflicts in Ukraine and Yemen. It also reflects
the new doctrinal debates surrounding recent state practice.
Previous positions are reconsidered and in some cases revised,
notably the question of consensual intervention and the very
definition of force, particularly, to accommodate targeted
extrajudicial executions and cyber-operations. Finally, the new
edition provides detailed coverage of the concept of self-defense,
reflecting recent interpretations of the International Court of
Justice and the ongoing controversies surrounding its definition
and interpretation.
Praise for previous edition: "...a comprehensive,
meticulously-researched study of contemporary international law
governing the use of armed force in international relations...'
Andrew Garwood-Gowers, Queensland University of Technology Law
Review, Volume 12(2) When this first English language edition of
The Law Against War published it quickly established itself as a
classic. Detailed, analytically rigorous and comprehensive, it
provided an indispensable guide to the legal framework regulating
the use of force. Now a decade on the much anticipated new edition
brings the work up to date. It looks at new precedents arising from
the Arab Spring; the struggle against the "Islamic State" in Iraq
and Syria; and the conflicts in Ukraine and Yemen. It also reflects
the new doctrinal debates surrounding recent state practice.
Previous positions are reconsidered and in some cases revised,
notably the question of consensual intervention and the very
definition of force, particularly, to accommodate targeted
extrajudicial executions and cyber-operations. Finally, the new
edition provides detailed coverage of the concept of self-defense,
reflecting recent interpretations of the International Court of
Justice and the ongoing controversies surrounding its definition
and interpretation.
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?
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