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Author:   Katariina Simonen
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.751kg
ISBN:  

9789004202917

ISBN 10:   9004202919
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   27 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction I Humanitarian Intervention - intervention dhumanite ; II Humanitarian Intervention in Context: A Brief Commentary on Its Recent History; III Basic Commitments; IV On Methods: The View of Law from Nowhere; V On Structure; Chapter I: Humanitarian Intervention Norm is Valid - Norm Proposition, Validity and Interpretation in Legal Theory 1.1 Component Parts of The Validity Argument; 1.2 Claim to Validity; 1.3 Legitimacy and Validity; 1.4 Legal Community C as a Legal Phenomenon; 1.5 Preceding Validity: Interests for Norms and Compliance; 1.6 Summary: A Realist Positivist's View of Legal Validity; Chapter II: Common Interest as a Basis of Law 2.1 Communitarian Trends; 2.2 Obligations erga omnes ; 2.3 Peremptory Norms jus cogens; 2.4 Community Reactions; 2.5 Conclusion: Reconciliation of Common Interests; Chapter III: Use of Armed Force under the United Nations Charter 3.1 Introductory Remarks on the UN Charter and its Interpretation; 3.2 The Charters System for Uses of Force; 3.3 Uses of Force under the Charter; 3.4 Beyond the Charter; 3.5 Interim Conclusion: Validity Matrix; Chapter IV: Empirical Appraisal of State and IGO Practice Vis-a-Vis NATOs Allied Force Operation in Kosovo Introduction: Auditory and Preconditions for Humanitarian Intervention; 4.1 Supreme Humanitarian Emergency in Practice; 4.2 Failure of the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes - Security Council Inaction; 4.3 Other Precautionary Preconditions; 4.4 States and IGOs Rhetoric; Chapter V: Beyond Kosovo - Responsibility to Protect Introduction: Discussion Continues; 5.1 ICISS - Advocating a Shift in Thinking; 5.2 R2P and Regional Round Tables in Developing Countries; 5.3 A More Secure World; 5.4 In Larger Freedom; 5.5 R2P at the World Summit 2005; 5.6 Reception of the R2P Doctrine by States; 5.7 Other Initiatives for the Advancement of R2P; 5.8 Short Evaluative Conclusions; Chapter VI: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations 6.1 Validity Matrix of a Humanitarian Intervention Norm; 6.2 Strategies; 6.3 A Legal Basis for Humanitarian Intervention; 6.4 Policy Recommendations; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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Katariina Simonen (1970), LL.D. in International Law, University of Turku, is a Senior Adviser at the Finnish Ministry of Defence. She has published studies on humanitarian intervention, including the awarded Operation Allied Force: A Case of Humanitarian Intervention? (NATO PfP Council, 2005).

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