Recourse to force : state action against threats and armed attacks /
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| Author / Creator: | Franck, Thomas M. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 205 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Hersch Lauterpacht memorial lectures Hersch Lauterpacht memorial lectures. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11125612 |
| Summary: | The UN Charter in 1945 prohibits all use of force by states except in the event of an armed attack or when authorized by the Security Council. This arrangement has only very imperfectly withstood the test of time. It did not anticipate the cold war which incapacitated the Security Council through the permanent members' frequent recourse to the veto. The Charter failed to address a growing phenomenon of clandestine subversion and of nuclear threats, nor did it make allowance for the rise in public support for human rights. Fortunately, although the Charter is very hard to amend, the drafters did agree that it should be interpreted flexibly by the UN's principal political institutions. In nearly sixty years, the text has undergone extensive interpretation through this practice. This book relates these changes in law and practice to changing public values pertaining to the balance between maintaining peace and promoting justice. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 205 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511020619 9780511020612 0521820138 9780521820134 0511054637 9780511054631 0511177054 9780511177057 9780511494369 051149436X 9780521104203 0521104203 9786610430758 6610430756 1107126142 9781107126145 0511157959 9780511157950 0511309031 9780511309038 1280430753 9781280430756 |