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Theorizing International Law on Force and Intervention

KRITSIOTIS, DINO

Authors

DINO KRITSIOTIS dino.kritsiotis@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Public International Law



Contributors

Anne Orford
Editor

Florian Hoffmann
Editor

Abstract

This chapter makes its analysis of force and intervention through the art and craft of making legal justifications. It asks why legal justifications are made at all, giving some sense of the circumstances in which these justifications take their essential shape and form. Then, the chapter considers how these justifications alert us to some of the unspoken assumptions about force and intervention in international law — what can be taken away from an analysis of the practice of justifications other than an engagement with the merits of their respective substance, which so consistently occupies much of the existing literature in this field. Finally, the chapter attempts to connect these points to a broader set of issues theorizing the purpose or function of force in today’s world.

Citation

KRITSIOTIS, D. (2016). Theorizing International Law on Force and Intervention. In A. Orford, & F. Hoffmann (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law (655-683). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198701958.003.0034

Publication Date Jun 2, 2016
Deposit Date Sep 4, 2016
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 655-683
Series Title Oxford Handbooks
Book Title The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law
Chapter Number 33
ISBN 9780198701958
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198701958.003.0034
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1116621
Publisher URL https://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198701958.001.0001/law-9780198701958