Humanitarian Occupation (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law, Series Number 59) - Softcover

Fox, Gregory H .

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521671892 ISBN 13: 9780521671897

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book analyzes a new phenomenon in international law: international organizations assuming the powers of a national government in order to reform political institutions. After reviewing the history of internationalized territories, this book asks two questions about these 'humanitarian occupations'. First, why did they occur? The book argues that the missions were part of a larger trend in international law to maintain existing states and their populations. The only way this could occur in these territories, which had all seen violent internal conflict, was for international administrators to take charge. Second, what is the legal justification for the missions? The book examines each of the existing justifications and finds them wanting. A new foundation is needed, one that takes account of the missions' authorisation by the UN Security Council and their pursuit of goals widely supported in the international community.

About this title

Book Description:

This book analyzes the new phenomenon of international organizations assuming the powers of a national government in order to reform political institutions. After reviewing the history of internationalized territories, this book examines why these 'humanitarian occupations' occurred and whether they were legally justified.

About the Author:

Gregory H. Fox is Associate Professor of Law (tenured) at Wayne State University Law School, where he is the Inaugural Cohn Family Scholar in Legal History.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521671892
• ISBN 13: 9780521671897
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336