Humanitarian occupation / Gregory H. Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Gregory H., 1961- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 59.

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian intervention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book analyzes a new phenomenon in international law: international organizations assuming the powers of a national government in order to reform political institutions. After reviewing the history of internationalized territories, this book asks two questions about these 'humanitarian occupations'. First, why did they occur? The book argues that the missions were part of a larger trend in international law to maintain existing states and their populations. The only way this could occur in these territories, which had all seen violent internal conflict, was for international administrators to take charge. Second, what is the legal justification for the missions? The book examines each of the existing justifications and finds them wanting. A new foundation is needed, one that takes account of the missions' authorisation by the UN Security Council and their pursuit of goals widely supported in the international community.

Contents:

Part I. Historical Antecedents

The historical origins of humanitarian occupation I

Governance in Service of Outsiders

Historical origins of humanitarian occupation II

internationalised territory in the service of insiders

Full international governance

Part II. Why Humanitarian Occupation?

Rejected models of statehood

Constructing the liberal state

Part III. Legal Justifications

Conventional legal justifications

The international law of occupation

Reforming the law: the security council as legislator.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17693-X

1-281-25450-9

9786611254506

0-511-38767-9

0-511-38667-2

0-511-38484-X

0-511-38300-2

0-511-61981-2

0-511-38868-3

OCLC:

476145688