Joel Westra

International Law and the Use of Armed Force (eBook, ePUB)

The UN Charter and the Major Powers

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how the UN Charter's prohibition of force restrains the actions of the major powers, treating the Charter as both an instrument of international peace and international order.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135984632
• Artikelnr.: 38255768

Autorenporträt

Joel H. Westra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. he holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The functioning of the UN Charter as a restraint on military action 2.
The UN Charter and legal argumentation 3. Persuasion, legitimation, and
restraint 4. The impact of the UN Charter on US military intervention in
the Caribbean region, 1953-61 5. The impact of the UN Charter on
Anglo-French military intervention in Egypt, 1956 6. The impact of the UN
Charter on Soviet military intervention in Hungary, 1956 7. The impact of
the UN Charter on US-British military intervention in Iraq, 1990-98 8. The
impact of the UN Charter on US-British military intervention in Iraq,
1999-2003 9. The continued salience of the UN Charter system. Appendix A:
Case selection and methodology. Appendix B: Case coding. Appendix C: Case
overview. Notes. References. Index.