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International Law

University of Miami Law School

2011

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Worth A Pound Of Cure? An Empirical Assessment Of The Bush Doctrine And Preventive Military Action, Paul F. Diehl, Shyam Kulkarni Oct 2011

Worth A Pound Of Cure? An Empirical Assessment Of The Bush Doctrine And Preventive Military Action, Paul F. Diehl, Shyam Kulkarni

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

The Bush Doctrine, or the proposal that allows the use of military force preventively to address prospective attack from terrorists or involving weapons of mass destruction, has been debated from various normative and legal vantage points. In this article, we introduce the new evaluative criterion that such military action must also produce the desired outcomes of defeating opponents and preventing future attacks. We test the efficacy of preventive military actions over the last two centuries. We conclude that using military force in a preventive fashion provides very limited, if any value, to states that employ this strategy. At best, there …


Trade And Investment Treaties, The Rule Of Law, And Standards Of The Administration Of Justice, Alejandro M. Garro, Stephen J. Schnably, Pedro Martinez Fraga, David Abraham Jan 2011

Trade And Investment Treaties, The Rule Of Law, And Standards Of The Administration Of Justice, Alejandro M. Garro, Stephen J. Schnably, Pedro Martinez Fraga, David Abraham

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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