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Author Sofaer, Abraham D.

Title The best defense? : legitimacy and preventive force / by Abraham D. Sofaer
Published Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description xiii, 214 pages ; 23 cm
Series Hoover Institution Press Publication ; no. 576
Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 576
Contents Foreword / George P. Shultz -- Introduction -- Defining preventative force -- Current threats and preventative force -- Categories of preventative action -- Dangers and limitations of using preventative force -- International law and preventative force -- Legitimacy and preventative force -- Conclusion
Summary The Stanford Task Force Report on Preventive Force, by Abraham D. Sofaer, offers a practical guide to identifying and considering the issues relevant to preventive uses of force. The report seeks to ensure that such uses of force, if undertaken, will advance national and international security and the purposes of the United Nations Charter. The report examines the legitimacy, dangers, and limitations of preventive force and concludes by encouraging states and decision makers to undertake a systematic appraisal of the merits of any threat or use of preventive force based, not only on legal standards, which have proved an ineffective guide, but also on standards related to legitimacy, such as the consistency of proposed actions with the U.N. Charter and established norms of conduct
Notes "A report of the Stanford University Task Force on Preventive Force."
"Revisions based on the Asia meeting and on comments from African and Latin American consultations, are incorporated into this report"--Introd
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject United Nations. Charter -- Congresses.
United Nations. Charter.
Intervention (International law)
Legitimacy of governments -- Congresses.
Preemptive attack (Military science)
Intervention (International law) -- Congresses.
Security, International -- Congresses.
Security, International.
Terrorism -- Prevention.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Sofaer, Abraham D.
Stanford University. Task Force on Preventive Force.
LC no. 2010293397
ISBN 0817910034 (ebk.)
0817910042 (cloth : alk. paper)
0817910050 (paperback: alk. paper)
9780817910037 (ebk.)
9780817910044 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817910051 (paperback: alk. paper)
Other Titles Best defense? : legitimacy & preventive force