Reading Humanitarian Intervention: Human Rights and the Use of Force in International Law

by Anne Orford

Book Overview

During the 1990s, humanitarian intervention seemed to promise a world in which democracy, self-determination and human rights would be privileged over national interests or imperial ambitions. Orford provides critical readings of the narratives that accompanied such interventions and shaped legal justifications for the use of force by the international community. Through a close reading of legal texts and institutional practice, she argues that a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521047668
• ISBN13: 9780521047661
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"