Author | Franck, Thomas M |
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Title | Recourse to force [electronic resource] : state action against threats and armed attacks / Thomas M. Franck |
Imprint | Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002 |
Connect to | http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=78380 |
Descript | xii, 205 p. ; 24 cm |
The UN's capacity for adapting to radical changes of circumstance -- Use of force by the United Nations -- The original parameters of self-defence -- Self-defence against state-sponsored terrorists and infiltrators -- Self-defence against ideological subversion -- Self-defence against attacks on citizens abroad -- Anticipatory self-defence -- Countermeasures and self-help -- The 'purely humanitarian' intervention -- What, eat the cabin boy? Uses of force that are illegal but justifiable