LEGITIMACY OF PURPOSE AND LEGALITY OF MEANS IN CURRENT ARMED CONFLICTS (III)
LEGITIMACY OF PURPOSE AND LEGALITY OF MEANS IN CURRENT ARMED CONFLICTS (III)
Author(s): Ionel HorneaContributor(s): Iulia NASTASIE (Translator)
Subject(s): International Law, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: UN Charter; legal system; international relations; political violence;
Summary/Abstract: From the legal standpoint, from days of yore until the 20th century, war was considered a lawful activity of the sovereign state. Thus, the use of armed force was seen as a voluntary action of states, based on their discretionary power to preserve their existence and promote their interest. Therefore, the liberty to wage war became an essential prerogative of their sovereignty, as natural as the ability to sign peace treaties. The use of armed forces with no limits of time and space does not represent a crime, in the author’s opinion, but an international action, susceptible of being the object of a legal qualification.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 131-137
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English