Reviews for The Right of Conquest: The Acquisition of Territory by Force in International Law and Practice

The average rating for The Right of Conquest: The Acquisition of Territory by Force in International Law and Practice based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-04-05 00:00:00 Ricky Shelton This is an anthology. It covers a wide variety of topics related to ethics and humanitarian intervention. Some of the topics discussed are just war theory and humanitarian intervention, is dual use bombing legitimate, and when is humanitarian intervention justified. My favorite piece, "Selective humanitarianism: in defense of inconsistency / by Chris Brown" takes a virtue ethics approach to humanitarian intervention and argues that every case is different to the extent that one can't depend on overarching principles to determine whether or not a humanitarian intervention should occur. If you are interested in humantarian intervention this book's topics are wide ranging enough such that it is a good introduction to the topic.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-03-13 00:00:00 Carl Rigley some interesting thoughts, but too much of it reads like (political) philosophers who have only a basic grasp of international law tackling the ethical issue from a perspective of a moral international law that they make up on the spot. worst example of this: chwaszcza's meditation on secession and humanitarian intervention.