International law and the use of force : cases and materials / Ralph Janik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janik, Ralph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War (International law).

Humanitarian intervention.

Responsibility to protect (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"This book introduces key issues on the use of force, while also providing a detailed analysis of technological developments and recent legal discussions in the field. The author examines areas such as drone warfare, the concept of humanitarian intervention, the Responsibility to Protect, and recent conversations around the fight against the Islamic State in a clear and accessible manner, through a thorough presentation of relevant cases and materials. This book is essential reading for students studying force and its intersection with international law"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Outline contents

Detailed contents

Legal tables

Introduction

1 The history of the ius ad bellum

I Just war theory

II War as a sovereign right

Henry Wheaton, Elements of International Law (Stevens and Sons 1836/1904), excerpts from Chapter II

Robert Phillimore, Commentaries on International Law. Vol. I (T. &amp

J. W. Johnson 1854), CXLIV, CXLVI

W. E. Hall, Treatise on International Law (4th edn, Clarendon Press, 1895), pp. 57 and 297

John Westlake, International Law. Part I: Peace (Cambridge University Press 1904), pp. 298f, 305

Lassa Oppenheim, International Law: A Treatise. Vol. I: Peace (Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905), 129f

Lassa Oppenheim, International Law: A Treatise. Vol. II: War (Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905), 50, 53 and 54 et seq.

III The Hague Peace Conferences

IV The League of Nations and the inter­war period

The Covenant of the League of Nations, Articles 10-16

The 1928 Kellogg­Briand Pact

V The first decades of the UN Charter

VI From the "Liberal World Order" to great power politics

2 The prohibition of the threat or use of force

I Introduction

A Article 2(4) UN Charter

B The Friendly Relations Declaration

C The Helsinki Final Act

II Case law and Advisory Opinions

A The Nicaragua case

B Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v Uganda) paras 148f, 151-153, 160-165

C The Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion, paras 34-39, 47f, 98-104

D The Wall Advisory Opinion (2003), paras 86f

3 The collective security system

II UN Charter Articles

Chapter I: Purposes and Principles

Chapter IV: The General Assembly

Chapter V: The Security Council

Chapter VI: Pacific Settlement of Disputes.

Chapter VII: Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace and Acts of Aggression

Chapter VIII: Regional Arrangements

Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion of 9 July 2004, ICJ Rep 2004, p. 136 paras 26-28

III Collective security in the Cold War era

A The "Uniting for Peace" Resolution

IV The post-Cold War era

An Agenda for Peace. Preventive Diplomacy, Peacemaking and Peace­keeping. Report of the Secretary­General Pursuant to the Statement adopted by the Summit Meeting of the Security Council on 31 January 1992, 17 June 1992, A/47/277-S/24111, paras 8-19, 42-45, 60-65

V From International to Non­International Conflicts: The Kurds in Northern Iraq 1991 and the Conflict in Somalia 1992

Supplement to an Agenda for Peace Position Paper of the Secretary­General on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations, 25 January 1995, A/50/60­S/1995/1, paras 66-80, 102-105

VI The 2003 Iraq War and the Crisis of the Collective Security System

A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility. Report of the High­Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, 2 December 2004, A/59/565, paras 193-198, 204-209

In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All. Report of the Secretary­General, 21 March 2005, A/59/2005, paras 76-85, 109f, 122-126

4 Self­defense

Article 51 UN Charter

II Collective self­defense

A Mutual defense treaties

B The Nicaragua case

III The "armed attack" criterion

A The Nicaragua case, paras 191-195, 229-231, 248f

dissenting opinion of Judge Sir Robert Jennings (excerpts)

B The Oil Platforms case, paras 51, 63f, 72

IV Necessity and proportionality.

A Eighth Report on State Responsibility by Mr. Roberto Ago, Special Rapporteur-The Internationally Wrongful Act of the State, Source of International Responsibility (Part 1), Yearbook of the International Law Commission 1980. Vol. II(1), paras 119-123

B The Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion, paras 40-47, 97

C The Oil Platforms case, paras 68, 74, 76f

V Self­defense against non­state actors

Security Council Resolution 1368 (2001)

Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)

Statement by the North Atlantic Council, NATO Press Release, 12 September 2001

Invocation of Article 5 Confirmed, NATO Press Release, 2 October 2001

Statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, 2 October 2001

Statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, 8 October 2001

A The Wall Advisory Opinion, paras 138f

B Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v Uganda), paras 106-147

C The fight against the so­called Islamic State

VI Preemptive and preventive self­defense

2002 US National Security Strategy

5 Intervention by invitation

Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, with Commentaries 2001, Article 20

Institut de droit international 10th Commission, Sub-group C, Session de Rhodes, 2011 Pleniere, 8 September 2011, Present Problems of the Use of Force in International Law, Military Assistance on Request

II Intervention by Invitation in Civil Wars

The Nicaragua Case, para. 246: Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v United States of America)

Institut de droit international, Session of Wiesbaden, 1975, The Principle of Non­Intervention in Civil Wars

6 Humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect

II From Biafra to Nicaragua.

The Nicaragua case, paras 263-268

III The 1999 Kosovo intervention

Press Statement by Dr. Javier Solana, Secretary­General of NATO, 23 March 1999

Security Council Meeting 3988 on Kosovo, 24 March 1999

Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v Belgium), verbatim record 1999/15

IV From Humanitarian Intervention to the Responsibility to Protect

Secretary-General Presents His Annual Report to General Assembly, Press Release, SG/SM/7136 GA/9596

We the Peoples: The Role of the United Nations in the Twenty­First Century. Report of the Secretary­General, 27 March 2000, A/54/2000, paras 215-219

V From the 2001 ICISS Report to the 2005 World Summit

The Responsibility to Protect. Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, December 2001, Core Principles

A More Secure World paras 199-203

In Larger Freedom paras 127-135 and para. 7 from the Annex

2005 World Summit Outcome, 16 September 2005, A/60/L.1, paras 138f

Security Council Resolution 1674 (2006)

Implementing the Responsibility to Protect. Report of the Secretary­General, 12 January 2009, A/63/677, paras 11f

VI The Libya intervention

Security Council Resolution 1970

Security Council Resolution 1973

VII The April 2017 intervention in Syria

Marty Lederman, (Apparent) Administration Justifications for Legality of Strikes Against Syria, Just Security, 8 April 2017

VIII The April 2018 intervention in Syria

Statement by President Trump on Syria, 13 April 2018

Mr. Delattre (France), Security Council Meeting 8225, 9 April 2018, p. 12

Policy Paper: Syria Action-UK Government Legal Position, published 14 April 2018

7 Peacekeeping

II The early phase of peacekeeping and the "implied powers" doctrine.

Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, Paragraph 2 of the Charter), Advisory Opinion, 20 July 1962, ICJ Rep 151

III The 1990s: a "new breed" of conflicts

An Agenda for Peace paras 28-33, 46-59

IV Peacekeeping in crisis

Supplement to an Agenda for Peace, paras 12-15, 20-25, 33-56, 98f

Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations (the Brahimi Report), 21 August 2000, A/55/305-S/2000/809, paras 15-28, 48-64, 76-83

V Peacekeeping today

UN Peacekeeping Operations: Principles and Guidelines-"Capstone Doctrine", para. 3.1 (footnotes omitted)

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-95546-4

0-429-95545-6

9780429955457

OCLC:

1122682485