Publicity in International Lawmaking - Covert Operations and the Use of Force

This book explores the requirement of publicity in international law-making through the lens of covert and quasi-covert uses of force.

List of contents

Introduction; 2. The use of force and the scope for dynamic development; 3. Customary international law and the requirement of publicity; 4. Quasi-covert operations and the identification of claims; 5. Unacknowledged operations; 6. Concluding remarks.

About the author

Marie Aronsson-Storrier is a lecturer at the School of Law, University of Reading. She holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne (2017) and a Master of Laws from the University of Gothenburg (2011). Marie is one of the editors of the Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction in International Law (2019) and has published in numerous areas of international law, including the law on the use of force, human rights, disaster prevention and management, and international lawmaking.

Summary

This book offers the first comprehensive examination into the requirement of publicity in international lawmaking, which is a highly topical issue due to developments concerning covert uses of force. It will be of interest to academics, practitioners, and students working within international law, as well as international relations.

Product details

• Authors: Marie Aronsson-Storrier, Marie (University of Reading) Aronsson-Storrier, Aronsson-Storrier Marie Aronsson-Storrier
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781108494380
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49438-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Conflict of Laws, International Law, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Private International Law & Conflict Of Laws, Private international law and conflict of laws, Settlement of international disputes