Research Catalog

Title

Rethinking humanitarian intervention : a fresh legal approach based on fundamental ethical principles in international law and world religions / Brian D. Lepard.

Author

Lepard, Brian D.

Publication

University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002.

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Description

xix, 496 p.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Humanitarian intervention
• Humanitarian law
• Humanitarian intervention > Moral and ethical aspects

Note

• Includes glossary of terms.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-455) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. The Problem of Humanitarian Intervention and International Law. 1. The Need for a Fresh Approach -- pt. 2. Developing the Foundations of a Fresh Approach. 2. Identifying Fundamental Ethical Principles in Contemporary International Law and World Religions Relevant to Humanitarian Intervention. 3. Identifying and Interpreting International Legal Norms Relevant to Humanitarian Intervention -- pt. 3. Some Problematic Issues Relating to U.N.-Authorized Humanitarian Intervention. 4. Human Rights Violations as a "Threat to" or "Breach of" the Peace. 5. Consent. 6. Impartiality. 7. The Use of Force. 8. Obligations to Intervene or to Support U.N. Humanitarian Intervention.

ISBN

• 0271021454 (alk. paper)
• 0271021462 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001036460

OCLC

• 47255236
• SCSB-12539684

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library