POSC240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: War On Terror, Organizational Commitment, Extraordinary Rendition

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POSC240
• Professor: Ellerby Kara

Document Summary

Study how these norms about war change and are changed by certain identities and. Feminists- these laws are gendered, meaning they depend upon certain ideas of. Jus ad bellum (initiating wars/ right to war) International law governing use of force- core of international legal system. The theories are old- augustine, aquinas, plato and old testament. Realists- intl law does not really matter, cannot be enforce. Liberalists- importance of institutions (like laws) in shaping behaviors and liberal preferences. Constructivists- intl law related to intl norms interests (freedom, liberty democratic human rights) masculinity and femininity that ultimately justify war. Historically- war was a sovereigns right- (16th-18th centuries) By end of 19th century- legal restrictions emerge. Un charter- re-specifies and confines when it is legitimate to use force. War should be sanctioned by a legitimate authority. Can also include regional organizations or a group of states approval of the international o o order. The bush doctrine o o threaten or use wmds .