Threats of Force: International Law and Strategy

ISBN-13: 9780415609852 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 240 str.

Francis Grimal

Opis

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach and drawing on the works of strategic literature and international relations theory, this book examines the theoretical nature behind a threat of force in order to inform and explain why and how the normative structure operates in the way it does.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Historical Analysis  2. International Instruments Post-Charter  3. Judicial Interpretation  4. UN Practice  5. Threat Theory  6. Iran and North Korea  7. An Alternative Means of Prohibiting Threats of Force within Article 2(4)  8. Conclusion

O autorze

Francis Grimal lectures in International Law at the University of Buckingham.　 He is a member of the Committee of the International Law Association’s British Branch on Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation & Contemporary International Law. His research interests include the use of force, nuclear non-proliferation, self-defence, collective security, humanitarian intervention and international humanitarian law and he has published in North American and European International Law Journals.