Defending humanity : when force is justified and why /

"In Defending Humanity, legal scholar George P. Fletcher and Jens David Ohlin, an expert on international criminal law, tackle one of the most important and controversial questions of our time: When is war justified? When a nation is attacked, few would deny that it has the right to respond wit...

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Main Author: Fletcher, George P
Other Authors: Ohlin, Jens David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
Oxford [UK] ; New York : 2008
Oxford ; New York : 2008
Subjects:
War
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505 0 |a Murder among nations -- How to talk about self defense -- A theory of legitimate defense -- Six elements of legitimate defense -- Excusing international aggression -- Humanitarian intervention -- Preemptive and preventitive wars -- The collective dimension of war 
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