Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention : : A Fresh Legal Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles in International Law and World Religions /

Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention : : A Fresh Legal Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles in International Law and World Religions / / Brian D. Lepard.

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Few foreign policy issues in the past decade have elicited as much controversy as the use of military force for humanitarian purposes. In this book Brian Lepard offers a new method for analyzing humanitarian intervention that seeks to resolve conflicts among legal norms by identifying ethical princi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Lepard, Brian D.,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2002
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (520 p.) :; 6 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Note on Transliteration of Foreign Words and Names
  • Part One: The Problem of Humanitarian Intervention and International Law
  • 1. The Need for a Fresh Approach
  • Part Two: Developing the Foundations of a Fresh Approach
  • 2. Identifying Fundamental Ethical Principles in Contemporary International Law and World Religions Relevant to Humanitarian Intervention
  • 3. Identifying and Interpreting International Legal Norms Relevant to Humanitarian Intervention
  • Part Three: Some Problematic Issues Relating to U.N.-Authorized Humanitarian Intervention
  • 4. Human Rights Violations as a "Threat to" or "Breach of" the Peace
  • 5. Consent
  • 6. Impartiality
  • 7. The Use of Force
  • 8. Obligations to Intervene or to Support U.N. Humanitarian Intervention
  • 9. The Command and Composition of Multinational Forces Engaged in Humanitarian Intervention
  • 10. The Security Council's Decision-Making Process
  • Part Four: Humanitarian Intervention Not Authorized by the Security Council
  • 11. The Legality of Humanitarian Intervention Without Security Council Authorization
  • Part Five: Humanitarian Intervention and International Law in the New Millennium
  • 12. The Prospects for a Fresh Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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