George P. Fletcher, Jens David Ohlin

Defending Humanity

When Force Is Justified and Why

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Defending Humanity, the authors tackle one of the most important and controversial questions of our time: When is war justified? When a nation is attacked, few would deny that it has the right to respond with force. But what about preemptive and preventive wars, or crossing another state's border to stop genocide?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 491g
• ISBN-13: 9780199757213
• ISBN-10: 0199757216
• Artikelnr.: 34156653

Autorenporträt

GF: Professor of Law, Columbia University JO: Assistant Professor of Law, Cornell University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Murder Among Nations
2. How to Talk Self Defense
3. A Theory of Legitimate Defense
4. The Six Elements of Legitimate Defense
5. Excusing International Aggression
6. Humanitarian Intervention
7. Preemptive and Preventive Wars
8. The Collective Dimension of War
Conclusion
Notes
Index