Pre-emptive Self-Defence: 'In an age of international terrorism, the law on self-defence needs to be expanded to include the right to pre-emptive self-defence.': An evaluation of arguments both for and against this proposition
Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: Distinction, Macquarie University, course: IRPG 842 Politics of International Law, language: English, abstract: This paper will argue against an expansion of international law to include an unrestricted doctrine of pre-emptive war in the legal conception of self-defence. In order to back this position arguments both for and against pre-emptive self-defence will be examined from a moral as well as practical point of view. After examining the nature of terrorist threats and current international law, this essay will focus on alternatives to and consequences of pre-emptive self-defence, before considering the limits of law and power in international relations.
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Pre-emptive Self-Defence: 'In an age of international terrorism, the law on self-defence needs to be expanded to include the right to pre-emptive self-defence.': An evaluation of arguments both for and against this proposition
Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: Distinction, Macquarie University, course: IRPG 842 Politics of International Law, language: English, abstract: This paper will argue against an expansion of international law to include an unrestricted doctrine of pre-emptive war in the legal conception of self-defence. In order to back this position arguments both for and against pre-emptive self-defence will be examined from a moral as well as practical point of view. After examining the nature of terrorist threats and current international law, this essay will focus on alternatives to and consequences of pre-emptive self-defence, before considering the limits of law and power in international relations.
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Pre-emptive Self-Defence: 'In an age of international terrorism, the law on self-defence needs to be expanded to include the right to pre-emptive self-defence.': An evaluation of arguments both for and against this proposition
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Pre-emptive Self-Defence: 'In an age of international terrorism, the law on self-defence needs to be expanded to include the right to pre-emptive self-defence.': An evaluation of arguments both for and against this proposition
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783640664634 |
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| Publisher: | GRIN Verlag GmbH |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2010 |
| Sold by: | CIANDO |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 10 |
| File size: | 415 KB |
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