The State versus the Individual

Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction I Humanitarian Intervention - intervention d'humanite; II Humanitarian Intervention in Context: A Brief Commentary on Its Recent History; III Basic Commitments; IV On Methods: The View of Law from Nowhere; V On Structure; Chapter I: "Humanitarian Intervention Norm is Valid" - Norm Proposition, Validity and Interpretation in Legal Theory 1.1 Component Parts of The Validity Argument; 1.2 Claim to Validity; 1.3 Legitimacy and Validity; 1.4 Legal Community C as a Legal Phenomenon; 1.5 Preceding Validity: Interests for Norms and Compliance; 1.6 Summary: A Realist Positivist's View of Legal Validity; Chapter II: Common Interest as a Basis of Law 2.1 Communitarian Trends; 2.2 Obligations erga omnes; 2.3 Peremptory Norms jus cogens; 2.4 Community Reactions; 2.5 Conclusion: Reconciliation of Common Interests; Chapter III: Use of Armed Force under the United Nations Charter 3.1 Introductory Remarks on the UN Charter and its Interpretation; 3.2 The Charter's System for Uses of Force; 3.3 Uses of Force under the Charter; 3.4 Beyond the Charter; 3.5 Interim Conclusion: Validity Matrix; Chapter IV: Empirical Appraisal of State and IGO Practice Vis-a-Vis NATO's Allied Force Operation in Kosovo Introduction: Auditory and Preconditions for Humanitarian Intervention; 4.1 Supreme Humanitarian Emergency in Practice; 4.2 Failure of the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes - Security Council Inaction; 4.3 Other Precautionary Preconditions; 4.4 States' and IGOs' Rhetoric; Chapter V: Beyond Kosovo - Responsibility to Protect Introduction: Discussion Continues; 5.1 ICISS - Advocating a Shift in Thinking; 5.2 R2P and Regional Round Tables in Developing Countries; 5.3 A More Secure World; 5.4 In Larger Freedom; 5.5 R2P at the World Summit 2005; 5.6 Reception of the R2P Doctrine by States; 5.7 Other Initiatives for the Advancement of R2P; 5.8 Short Evaluative Conclusions; Chapter VI: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations 6.1 Validity Matrix of a Humanitarian Intervention Norm; 6.2 Strategies; 6.3 A Legal Basis for Humanitarian Intervention; 6.4 Policy Recommendations; Selected Bibliography; Index.