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Recourse to Force: State Action against Threats and Armed Attacks

By Thomas M. Franck

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0521820138, 9780521820134
LCC
KZ6374 .F73 2002
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
985 kB (1008343 bytes)
Series
Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures
Edition
1st
Pages
220\219
Topic
Jurisprudence Law
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36
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Description

The United Nations Charter in 1945 prohibits all use of force by states except in the event of an armed attack or when authorized by the Security Council. Although the Charter is very hard to amend, its drafters agreed that it should be interpreted flexibly by the UN's principal political institutions and the text has undergone extensive interpretation. This book relates these changes in law and practice to changing public values pertaining to the balance between maintaining peace and promoting justice.

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