Just Military Preparedness: A New Category of Just War Theory [PDF]
, 2010 This presentation discusses why just war theory is in need of just military preparedness (jus ante bellum) as a new category of just war thinking and it articulates six principles of just military preparedness.
van der Linden, Harry
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Odious Debt and Jus Post Bellum
The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 2015 Odious debt concerns the repudiation and cancellation of debt accrued by a State for ‘odious’ purposes. This article argues that odious debt can play a role in jus post bellum in lessening the financial burden placed on States who experience conflict and generate a clear standard for investors who seek to enforce a State’s obligations to repay its ...
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Unsatisfying Wars: Degrees of Risk and the \u3ci\u3eJus ex Bello\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2014 Self-defensive war uses violence to transfer risks from one’s own people to others. We argue that central questions in just war theory may fruitfully be analyzed as issues about the morality of risk transfer.
Blum, Gabriella, Luban, David
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Law & Criminology JournalThe use of force against terrorism remains a widely debated matter among scholars. This article aims to show that taking forcible measures in response to terrorist attacks is consistent with the rules of jus ad bellum, even in non-consensual extra ...
Dario Pronesti
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New Paradigms for the Jus ad Bellum? [PDF]
, 2006 I am delighted to be here today to honor Ed Cummings, a wonderful colleague and a source of great wisdom for so many of us. I first worked with Ed in the Legal Adviser\u27s Office in the late 1980s. More than fifteen years later, Ed is still the person I
Stromseth, Jane E.
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Compensation as the moral foundation of Jus Post Bellum [PDF]
Given how much harm can be done after the fighting part of wars end, and given recent failures to secure lasting peace after conflicts (e.g. in Afghanistan and Iraq), developing an account of the conditions of a just peace, or jus post bellum, is crucial.
Koszela, Adam
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Consent and the use of force: an examination of 'intervention by invitation’ as a basis for US drone strikes in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen [PDF]
, 2016 Drone strikes are becoming a key feature of the United States’ global military response to nonstate actors, and it has been widely adduced that these strikes have been carried out with the consent of the host states in which such non-state actors reside.
Byrne, Max
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Where is Abel thy Brother? Reframing the Theological Horizons for Catholic Theories of Just War [PDF]
, 2014 This essay starts from a presupposition that there is need for rethinking the theological framework within which the Catholic Church has articulated its understanding of the principles and the application of the theory of just war in the social ...
Rossi, Philip J.
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Just war and military morale: a brief reflection on the correlation between the legality of war and the moral repercussions for members of US and UK forces arising from the questionable legality of the campaign Iraqi Freedom of March 2003 [PDF]
, 2011 Does it matter to a member of the military whether the military campaign in which he is taking part is lawful or not? Despite the observation that the crime of aggression (post Kampala 2010) constitutes a ‘leadership crime par excellence,’ which ...
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“On target”: precision and balance in the contemporary law of targeting [PDF]
, 2014 The law of targeting lies at the heart of international humanitarian law (IHL). As such it is the fulcrum around which discussion of combat operations revolves.
Schmitt, Michael N., Widmar, Eric
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