Changing the rules about rules? Unilateral humanitarian intervention and the future of international law

Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical, Legal and Political Dilemmas

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 177-203

  Byers, Michael ^a   Chesterman, Simon ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Peace Academy   (United States)

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EID: 84927050853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511494000.006     Document Type: Chapter

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