The Evolution of the Doctrine and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-90-411-1160-9
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 671 g

The topic of humanitarian intervention has become increasingly significant since the end of the Cold War. Despite a substantial body of literature on the subject in the past, recent developments justify a contemporary study of the subject.

This book is not only timely, given the crises which have occasioned United Nations interventions over the past several years, but enduring, as international political structures undergo stress and reform, and as international law and international relations theorists grapple with the sovereignty/intervention problem.

It defends the emergence of a right of humanitarian intervention and argues that state sovereignty is not incompatible with humanitarian intervention. After a thorough review of historical precedents, the book concludes by assessing contemporary developments in terms of sources of support for intervention on humanitarian grounds.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abiew, Francis Kofi

Abiew, Francis

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
1.The Traditional Doctrine and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention.
2. The Right of Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Charter Era (1945-1989).
3. The Practice of Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War Era.
4. Assessing Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War Period: Sources of Consensus.
5. Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Francis Kofi Abiew is Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Canada.