Necessity and proportionality in international peace and security law / Claus KreÇ and Robert Lawless.

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TextSeries: Lieber studies ; volume 5. | Oxford scholarship onlinePublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (488 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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9780197537404 (ebook) :

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341.6 23

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KZ6385

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Summary: There are legal limits on the circumstances under which states may use military force to address a perceived or actual threat. The concepts of necessity and proportionality are central to these limitations imposed by the law. This text explores the many ways in which necessity and proportionality arise in the law on the modern battlefield, which is rapidly changing, complex, and ambiguous.

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There are legal limits on the circumstances under which states may use military force to address a perceived or actual threat. The concepts of necessity and proportionality are central to these limitations imposed by the law. This text explores the many ways in which necessity and proportionality arise in the law on the modern battlefield, which is rapidly changing, complex, and ambiguous.

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Necessity and proportionality in international peace and security law / Claus KreÇ and Robert Lawless.