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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Format: | Ebook |
Language: | English |
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New York ; Cambridge, UK :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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Series: | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996).
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Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
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. |
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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 1281254509 9781281254504 |
DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511619816 |