Introduction -- Iraq and Kuwait -- Forcible humanitarian action -- The UNSCOM inspection regime, material breaches, and Desert Fox -- Resolution 1441 (2002) and the invasion of Iraq -- The role of international law in UK decision-making -- The legal advisory process in the United Kingdom -- Conclusion: the Thirty-year War and its impact on the international system
Summary
One million people in the UK alone demonstrated against the 2003 invasion of Iraq. A crucial element of the opposition to the war was the lack of a clear legal basis. This is the first book to analyze the lawfulness of the use of force against Iraq on the basis of formerly classified material made public by the official UK inquiry into the war
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-284) and index