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International Law and the Use of Armed Force: The UN Charter and the Major Powers
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.
| Author(s) | By Joel Westra (Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA). |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 240 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 22 Mar 2007 |
| Availability | Available |
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.
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.
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.
