Waging humanitarian war : the ethics, law, and politics of humanitarian intervention

Author/Creator:

Heinze, Eric A.

Publication/Creation:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2009

Format:

Book

Edition:

1st ed.

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Full Title:

Waging humanitarian war : the ethics, law, and politics of humanitarian intervention / Eric A. Heinze

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Humanitarian intervention
International relations

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

The morality of intervention in international theory -- The consequentialist ethics of humanitarian intervention -- Humanitarian intervention in international law -- Universal jurisdiction as normative legal grounding -- Who intervenes and why it matters : the politics of agency -- Conclusion.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

How severe must human suffering be before military intervention is considered? Can there be commensurate legal grounding for such an argument? Which actors are the most appropriate agents of intervention? In this reasonable and straightforward approach to the perplexing issue of humanitarian intervention, Eric A. Heinze incorporates insights from various strands of ethical, legal, and international relations theory. He identifies the conditions under which humanitarian intervention is morally permissible, establishes the extent to which such an ethical argument can be grounded in international law, and determines which actors are best equipped to undertake this task under prevailing political conditions. Heinze presents the reader with a number of empirical examples, including the 1999 Kosovo intervention, the 2003 Iraq war, and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan. The result is a more theoretically consistent—and therefore more practically workable—approach to humanitarian intervention.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

General Note:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936714589902486

ISBN:

9780791477083
0791477088
9781441603760
144160376X

OCLC Number:

316509579
923404279

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.1515/9780791477083