INTS10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: War In Darfur, South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation, International Security
28 Jul 2018
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But no central mechanism for coordinating military action; no compulsory arbitration and no requirement for disarmament. Did not consider war to be illegal but sought to constrain states" use of military force. Acknowledged that the most powerful countries had a special role in maintaining international order. Yet the league could not prevent international aggression: German invasion of czechoslovakia & poland in 1939. General failure to prevent world war ii. Plus soviet union expelled from the league after its attack on finland in 1939. Establishment of the league as part of the treaty of versailles associated it with the injustices in the treaty. No clear division of responsibility between assembly & council; eg. neither could make binding resolutions; unanimity required, which allowed aggressors to veto constraints. The covenant treated state violence as a sovereign national act, without requiring collective legitimation. Refusal of the us senate to approve american membership caused a.
