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

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 p...

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Main Author: White, Nigel D.
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2011
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description 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.
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spelling nottingham-438902020-05-04T16:31:20Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43890/ Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom White, Nigel D. 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. Cambridge University Press 2011-11-01 Article PeerReviewed White, Nigel D. (2011) Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom. Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, 42 . pp. 215-229. ISSN 1574-0951 Libya Use of force United Kingdom Responsibility to protect Security Council resolutions War powers https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-90-6704-849-1_9 doi:10.1007/978-90-6704-849-1_9 doi:10.1007/978-90-6704-849-1_9
spellingShingle Libya
Use of force
United Kingdom
Responsibility to protect
Security Council resolutions
War powers
White, Nigel D.
Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom
title Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom
title_full Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom
title_fullStr Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom
title_short Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom
title_sort libya and lessons from iraq: international law and the use of force by the united kingdom
topic Libya
Use of force
United Kingdom
Responsibility to protect
Security Council resolutions
War powers
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