Introduction -- The theoretical context -- Sovereignty : a conceptual history -- The responsibility to protect -- The obligation to control -- The duty to prevent -- Conclusion: sovereignty as responsibility
Summary
This book explores how the bedrock institution of today's global order - sovereignty - is undergoing transformation as a result of complex interactions between power and norms, between politics and international law. This book analyses a series of controversial military interventions into the internal affairs of ""irresponsible sovereigns"" and discusses their consequences for the rules on the use of force and the principle of sovereign equality. Featuring case studies on Kosovo, Darfur and Afghanistan, It shows that frames from one discourse (for example the debate over the re
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-188) and index
