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  • EDITION:
    1st Edition
  • ISBN:
    019925799X
  • ISBN-13:
    9780199257997
  • PUB. DATE:
    January 2003
  • PUBLISHER:
    Oxford University Press

Just War or Just Peace?: Humanitarian Intervention and International Law / Edition 1 by Simon Chesterman

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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...

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Just War or Just Peace?

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  • Pub. Date: January 2003
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

Synopsis

This book asks whether states have the right to intervene in foreign civil conflicts for humanitarian reasons. The UN Charter prohibits state aggression, but many argue that such a right exists as an exception to this rule. Offering a thorough analysis of this issue, the book puts NATO's action in Kosovo in its proper legal perspective.

Biography

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.