Mary Ellen O'Connell
Ashgate Dartmouth
Hardback
552
2003
It may be too much to expect law and institutions to govern or regulate the use of force in international relations but it can be argued that legal issues are significant. Whether a powerful State can take military action against another without the authority of the Security Council is for instance both a political and a legal issue. Though the law may not be controlling it can provide a counterbalance to political choice. The essays in this volume illustrate the profound differences that exist as to the existence role and efficacy of collective security law.
Ashgate Dartmouth
Hardback
552
2003
It may be too much to expect law and institutions to govern or regulate the use of force in international relations but it can be argued that legal issues are significant. Whether a powerful State can take military action against another without the authority of the Security Council is for instance both a political and a legal issue. Though the law may not be controlling it can provide a counterbalance to political choice. The essays in this volume illustrate the profound differences that exist as to the existence role and efficacy of collective security law.