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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| 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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