1st Edition

The Law on the Use of Force A Feminist Analysis

By Gina Heathcote Copyright 2012
248 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

The book presents the international laws on the use of force whilst demonstrating the unique insight a feminist analysis offers this central area of international law. The book highlights key conceptual barriers to the enhanced application of the law of the use of force, and develops international feminist method through rigorous engagement with the key writers in the field The book looks at... Read more

1. Feminist Legal Approaches and International Law on the Use of Force 2. Collective Security 3. Justifying Force: Self-Defence 4. Justifying Force: Self-Determination 5. Justifying Force: Humanitarian Intervention 6. Justifying Force in the Era of Global Terrorism

Biography

Dr. Gina Heathcote is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies where she lectures on Public International Law and the International Law on the Use of Force.

‘The importance of this study strikes the reader at once’ - Loveday Hodson, University of Leicester, UK for Global Law Books