Humanitarian intervention : an inquiry into law and morality /

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Author / Creator:TesoĢn, Fernando R., 1950-
Edition:3rd ed., fully rev. and updated.
Imprint:Ardsley, NY : Transnational Publishers, c2005.
Description:viii, 456 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Humanitarian intervention.
Human rights.
Law and ethics.
Human rights.
Humanitarian intervention.
Law and ethics.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5699845
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ISBN:1571052488
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-430) and indexes.
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Summary:This work offers an analysis of all the legal and moral issues surrounding humanitarian intervention: the deaths of innocent persons and the Doctrine of Double Effect Governmental legitimacy - The Doctrine of Effective Political Control; UN Charter and evaluation of the Nicaragua ruling; The Morality of not intervening; US-led invasion of Iraq; Humanitarian intervention authorised by the UN Security Council - Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, Rwanda, and Bosnia among others highlight NATO's intervention in Kosovo; The Nicaragua Decision; and The precedents of Panama, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The book's features include: a new framework based on the doctrine of double effect; basic principles of international ethics; outline of the moral argument for humanitarian intervention; explores the morality and legality of military action to end tyranny or anarchy; arguments in a much more detailed and complete fashion than in previous editions; in-depth examination of philosophy of international law; the relationship between custom and moral theory; new discussion of the question of right authority; and a full analysis of recent interventions in Kosovo and Iraq. book addresses a broad interdisciplinary audience of international lawyers, philosophers, and political scientists. In this new edition, the author responds to critics while updating the discussion in the light of the momentous events that took place at the beginning of the new millennium.
Physical Description:viii, 456 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-430) and indexes.
ISBN:1571052488