The best defense? : legitimacy and preventive force / by Abraham D. Sofaer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sofaer, Abraham D.

Contributor:

Stanford University. Task Force on Preventive Force.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 576.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 576

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Preemptive attack (Military science).

Security, International.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Intervention (International law).

United Nations. Charter.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Other Title:

Spine subtitle: Legitimacy & preventive force

Legitimacy and preventive force

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Stanford Task Force Report on Preventive Force, by Abraham D. Sofaer, offers a practical guide to identifying and considering the issues relevant to preventive uses of force. The report seeks to ensure that such uses of force, if undertaken, will advance national and international security and the purposes of the United Nations Charter. The report examines the legitimacy, dangers, and limitations of preventive force and concludes by encouraging states and decision makers to undertake a systematic appraisal of the merits of any threat or use of preventive force based, not only on legal standards, which have proved an ineffective guide, but also on standards related to legitimacy, such as the consistency of proposed actions with the U.N. Charter and established norms of conduct.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword: An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""CHAPTER ONE: Introduction""; ""CHAPTER TWO: Defining Preventive Force""; ""CHAPTER THREE: Current Threats and Preventive Force""; ""CHAPTER FOUR: Categories of Preventive Action""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: Dangers and Limitations of Using Preventive Force""; ""CHAPTER SIX: International Law and Preventive Force""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN: Legitimacy and Preventive Force""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT: Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""About the Author""

""The Stanford Task Force on Preventive Force""""Index""

Notes:

"A report of the Stanford University Task Force on Preventive Force"--Title page.

"Revisions based on the Asia meeting, and on comments from African and Latin American consultations, are incorporated into this report"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817910037

0817910034

OCLC:

923122084