LAWS 2601 Lecture 5: LAWS2601 Session 5 Lecture Notes
21 Aug 2017
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Limitations on the use of force i just ad bellum. Just war tradition: combined elements of jus ad bellum, jus in bello & jus post bellum, closely linked to catholic jurisprudence (esp. Laws2601 session 5: declining importance of just war" driven by, secularization of states, absolute sovereignty of states. Inconsistent with the purpose of the united nations": aggression identified as one of the four categories of crimes in the rome statute, reiteration that war is illegal; an offence against the int"l community. Crimes against international law are committed by men, not by abstract entities, and only by punishing individuals who commit such crimes can the provisions of international law be enforced. : actions undertaken or authorized by the united nations, art. 39: sc to take appropriate action" (including use of armed force) in response to any threat to the peace, breach of peace, or act of aggression": art.
