Humanitarian occupation / Gregory H. Fox.

This book analyzes a new phenomenon in international law: international organizations assuming the powers of a national government in order to reform political institutions. After reviewing the history of internationalized territories, this book asks two questions about these 'humanitarian occu...

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Main Author: Fox, Gregory H., 1961- (Author)
Format: Ebook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series:Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996).
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Online Access:Cambridge Books on Core
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Summary:This book analyzes a new phenomenon in international law: international organizations assuming the powers of a national government in order to reform political institutions. After reviewing the history of internationalized territories, this book asks two questions about these 'humanitarian occupations'. First, why did they occur? The book argues that the missions were part of a larger trend in international law to maintain existing states and their populations. The only way this could occur in these territories, which had all seen violent internal conflict, was for international administrators to take charge. Second, what is the legal justification for the missions? The book examines each of the existing justifications and finds them wanting. A new foundation is needed, one that takes account of the missions' authorisation by the UN Security Council and their pursuit of goals widely supported in the international community.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 320 pages).
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0511380860
9780511380860
051138484X
9780511384844
0511387679
9780511387678
0511388683
9780511388682
0511619812
9780511619816
0521671892
9780521671897
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9781281254504
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511619816
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