Law on the Use of Force - A Feminist Analysis

Zusatztext 'The importance of this study strikes the reader at once' - Loveday Hodson! University of Leicester! UK for Global Law Books Informationen zum Autor Dr. Gina Heathcote is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies where she lectures on Public International Law and the International Law on the Use of Force. Klappentext This book analyses international laws on the use of force from a feminist perspective. The book highlights key conceptual barriers to the enhanced application of the law of the use of force, and demonstrates the capacity of feminist legal theories to enlarge our understanding of international legal dilemmas. Zusammenfassung This book analyses international laws on the use of force from a feminist perspective. The book highlights key conceptual barriers to the enhanced application of the law of the use of force, and demonstrates the capacity of feminist legal theories to enlarge our understanding of international legal dilemmas. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Feminist Legal Approaches and International Law on the Use of Force 2. Collective Security 3. Justifying Force: Self-Defence 4. Justifying Force: Self-Determination 5. Justifying Force: Humanitarian Intervention 6. Justifying Force in the Era of Global Terrorism

Product details

• Authors: Gina Heathcote, Gina (School of Oriental and African St Heathcote, Heathcote Gina
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.2013
• EAN: 9780415870238
• ISBN: 978-0-415-87023-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Routledge Research in International Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law