Recourse to force

Franck, Thomas M.

Recourse to force state action against threats and armed attacks / [electronic resource] : Thomas M. Franck. - Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002. - xii, 205 p. - Hersch Lauterpacht memorial lectures . - Hersch Lauterpacht memorial lectures. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The United Nations' capacity for adapting to radical changes of circumstance ; Part II. Use of force by the United Nations; Part III. The original parameters of self-defence; Part IV. Self-defence against state-sponsored terrorists and infiltrators; Part V. Self-defence against ideological subversion; Part VI. Self-defence against attacks on citizens abroad; Part VII. Anticipatory self-defence; Part VIII. Countermeasures and self-help; Part IX. The 'purely humanitarian' intervention; Part X. What, eat the cabin boy? Uses of force that are illegal but justifiable; Index

The book relates changes in law and practice regarding the UN Charter of 1945 to changing public values pertaining to the balance between maintaining peace and promoting justice.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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United Nations--Armed Forces.


Self-defense (International law)
Intervention (International law)

KZ6374 / .F73 2002

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