Description: Recourse to Force State Action against Threats and Armed Attacks The book relates changes in law and practice regarding the UN Charter of 1945 to changing public values. Thomas M. Franck (Author) 9780521820134, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 24 October 2002 220 pages 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.504 kg "This is a book that will inform, captivate, and challenge generations of international lawyers, on several levels and in a variety of ways." --The American Journal of International Law The nations that drafted the UN Charter in 1945 clearly were more concerned about peace than about justice. As a result, the Charter prohibits all use of force by states except in the event of an armed attack or when authorised by the Security Council. This arrangement has only very imperfectly withstood the test of time and changing world conditions. In requiring states not to use force in self-defence until after they had become the object of an actual armed attack, the Charter failed to address a growing phenomenon of clandestine subversion and of instantaneous nuclear threats. Fortunately although the Charter is very hard to amend, the drafters did agree that it should be interpreted flexibly by the United Nations' principal political institutions. In this way the norms governing use of force in international affairs have been adapted to meet changing circumstances and new challenges. The book also relates these changes in law and practice to changing public values pertaining to the balance between maintaining peace and promoting justice. 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. Subject Areas: International law [LB], International relations [JPS], Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [HBLW3], General & world history [HBG]
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BIC Subject Area 1: International law [LB]
BIC Subject Area 2: International relations [JPS]
BIC Subject Area 3: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [HBLW3]
BIC Subject Area 4: General & world history [HBG]
Subject Area: International Law
Item Height: 229mm
Item Width: 152mm
Author: Thomas M. Franck
Publication Name: Recourse to Force: State Action Against Threats and Armed Attacks
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Government
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 504g
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
