Can the United States Violently Punish the Assad Regime? Competing Visions (Including That of Anthony D’Amato) of the Applicable International Law

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ID9543402
AuthorsTom J Farer (Council of Science Editors, corresponding author), Tom Farer
Year2014
Volume108
Issue4
Pages701-715
Publication date2014-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5305/amerjintelaw.108.4.0701
OpenAlexW2290251265
LanguageEN
References cited9

A regime’s pitiless slaughter of civilians, particularly in an urbanized middle-class country close to Europe, drives segments of the public on both sides of the left-right divide to demand that something be done to quell the killing. When, as in the case of Syria, the regime cannot be shamed, has financial and materiel reserves and backup funding and troops from powerful allies, and has no higher ideal than self-preservation—when, in other words, it is immune to diplomatic and economic pressure—demands for responsive action quickly translate into demands for the use of force, whether direct or by proxy. and because in these enlightened times the projection of force across national borders is widely felt to be legally problematic, determining an appropriate reaction to the slaughter becomes a task for lawyers, no less than strategists

Ideal (ethics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Proxy (statistics · Sociology · Task force · Vision · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Public Administration

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