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The End Of Legitimacy, Mary Ellen O'Connell
The End Of Legitimacy, Mary Ellen O'Connell
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IRAQ: ONE YEAR LATER
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS by Mary Ellen O'Connell, 261
THE USE OF FORCE IN IRAQ: ILLEGAL AND ILLEGITIMATE by Anne-Marie Slaughter, 262-63
THE IRAQ WAR AND THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW by Richard Falk, 263-66
THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE UN AFTER IRAQ by Thomas M Franck, 266-69
THE END OF LEGITIMACY by Mary Ellen O'Connell, 269-70
THE PROBLEMS OF LEGITIMACY-SPEAK by James Crawford, 271-73
The Legal Case Against The Global War On Terror, Mary Ellen O'Connell
The Legal Case Against The Global War On Terror, Mary Ellen O'Connell
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In the first confusing days after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, President George W. Bush declared a war on terror. Many of us heard this declaration as stirring rhetoric to rally the nation. We understood it as a declaration that the President would direct a strong response against those responsible. We had heard this sort of rhetoric before when the nation faced powerful challenges-from illegal drugs and chronic poverty. Many of us understood President Bush's declaration of war to refer once again to the determined, persistent struggle to overcome a social blight-this time terrorism. We did …