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Author Weller, M. (Marc)

Title Iraq and the use of force in international law / Marc Weller
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource ([xv], 289 pages)
Contents 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
Notes Print version record
Subject Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Law and legislation
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Law and legislation
Intervention (International law)
Intervention (International law) -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- Decision making
LAW -- International.
Law.
Diplomatic relations -- Law and legislation
Intervention (International law)
Legislation
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Law and legislation
Subject Great Britain
Iraq
Form Electronic book
Author Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law.
ISBN 9780191029752
0191029750
9780191595769
0191595764