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Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom

White, Nigel D.

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NIGEL WHITE nigel.white@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Public International Law



Abstract

Those countries, including the United Kingdom, using force in Libya in 2011 have taken much greater care to ensure that their actions are underpinned by legality. This suggests a return to respect for the jus ad bellum, but as the operation against Libya unfolded it became clearer that some of the problems that undermined the legality and legitimacy of the invasion of Iraq 8 years earlier had not been avoided, which raises the question of how such operations can be kept within the strict bounds of the law.

Citation

White, N. D. (2011). Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom. Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, 42, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-849-1_9

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 1, 2011
Online Publication Date Jul 6, 2012
Publication Date Nov 1, 2011
Deposit Date Jul 3, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jul 3, 2017
Journal Netherlands Yearbook of International Law
Print ISSN 0167-6768
Electronic ISSN 1574-0951
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 42
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-849-1_9
Keywords Libya, Use of force, United Kingdom, Responsibility to protect, Security Council resolutions, War powers
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/708378
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-90-6704-849-1_9
Contract Date Jul 3, 2017

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