Legitimacy of Use of Force in International Relations
NAME: Abraham Kuol Nyuon
NUMBER: 1261936
WORDS: 1,499
MODULE: Warfare and International Relations, 7SSWM178, Term 3, 12-13
TITLE: How ‘global’ is the principle of legitimacy in international relations?
ASSIGNMENT TYPE: Short Essay
How ‘global’ is the principle of legitimacy in international relations? There is an increase debate among sovereign states, NGOs, INGOs, CSO, UN and other international organization on the legitimacy of the use of office in the international relations for self-defense, pre-emptive attack and humanitarian intervention. This essay will investigate the globality of the principle of legitimacy in the international Relations. This will be done by examining the historical development of the use of force, the legal standards for use of force and practical example of the use of force which qualify the principle of the legitimacy of the use of force in the global perspective as follows.
Firstly, the principle of the legitimacy of the use of force in the international relations can be traced back to the time of Aquinas and Grotius who strongly believes that, the rules governing the application for use of force in the society are obvious and simply governed by primitive societies.1 Therefore, Aquinas and Grotius were support by Brownlie who spelt out that norms are vital in the application of force in the international system through exploration of the concept of just war theory advanced by Cicero and Aquinas who says, war can be justified on three basis such as the application by authority of the sovereign state, for the just course and done for right intention.2 Moreover, another phase in the development was during the period of the league of nations as emphasized by Blokker wrote that, the League of Nations was established to regulate great wars in order to avoid the escalation of unwanted wars by surprise to sovereign States, in his view, this international institution was mandated to regulate the utilization of force in
NUMBER: 1261936
WORDS: 1,499
MODULE: Warfare and International Relations, 7SSWM178, Term 3, 12-13
TITLE: How ‘global’ is the principle of legitimacy in international relations?
ASSIGNMENT TYPE: Short Essay
How ‘global’ is the principle of legitimacy in international relations? There is an increase debate among sovereign states, NGOs, INGOs, CSO, UN and other international organization on the legitimacy of the use of office in the international relations for self-defense, pre-emptive attack and humanitarian intervention. This essay will investigate the globality of the principle of legitimacy in the international Relations. This will be done by examining the historical development of the use of force, the legal standards for use of force and practical example of the use of force which qualify the principle of the legitimacy of the use of force in the global perspective as follows.
Firstly, the principle of the legitimacy of the use of force in the international relations can be traced back to the time of Aquinas and Grotius who strongly believes that, the rules governing the application for use of force in the society are obvious and simply governed by primitive societies.1 Therefore, Aquinas and Grotius were support by Brownlie who spelt out that norms are vital in the application of force in the international system through exploration of the concept of just war theory advanced by Cicero and Aquinas who says, war can be justified on three basis such as the application by authority of the sovereign state, for the just course and done for right intention.2 Moreover, another phase in the development was during the period of the league of nations as emphasized by Blokker wrote that, the League of Nations was established to regulate great wars in order to avoid the escalation of unwanted wars by surprise to sovereign States, in his view, this international institution was mandated to regulate the utilization of force in
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