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The Right Of States To Use Armed Force, Oscar Schachter May 1984

The Right Of States To Use Armed Force, Oscar Schachter

Michigan Law Review

When the United Nations (UN) Charter was adopted, it was generally considered to have outlawed war. States accepted the obligation to settle all disputes by peaceful means and to refrain from the use or threat of use of force in their international relations. Only two exceptions were expressly allowed: force used in self-defense when an armed attack occurs, and armed action authorized by the UN Security Council as an enforcement measure. These provisions were seen by most observers as the heart of the Charter. and the most important principles of contemporary international law. They have been reaffirmed over and over …


The Crisis In Arms Control, Harold K. Jacobson May 1984

The Crisis In Arms Control, Harold K. Jacobson

Michigan Law Review

There is general agreement among observers of contemporary international affairs, and national and international officials from all sides, that there is a serious crisis in arms control. As of January 1984, the Soviet Union had broken off two major arms control negotiations: the Intermediate- Range Nuclear Force Talks (INF) and the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START). Negotiations in the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) on a variety of arms control issues were stalemated. The United States was engaged in a large-scale military build up, and there was no sign that the Soviet Union would abate the extensive military programs …


Justice At War: The Story Of The Japanese American Internment Cases, Michigan Law Review Feb 1984

Justice At War: The Story Of The Japanese American Internment Cases, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese American Internment Cases by Peter Irons


A Republic, If You Can Keep It, Daniel N. Hoffman Feb 1984

A Republic, If You Can Keep It, Daniel N. Hoffman

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Undeclared War: Twilight Zone of Constitutional Power by Edward Keynes and The War-Making Powers of the President: Constitutional and International Law Aspects by Ann Van Wynen Thomas and A.J. Thomas, Jr.