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Nato At Sixty: American Between Law And War, Mary Ellen O'Connell
Nato At Sixty: American Between Law And War, Mary Ellen O'Connell
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
NATO was founded to counter the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Treaty Organization. Both have been gone for over twenty years. So why is NATO still here? Part of the explanation may lie in Americans' strong belief in the efficacy of military force. NATO remains associated in Americans' minds with the greatest time of U.S. military power. Yet, the United States also has a strong commitment to the rule of law. The country appears overdue for a return to this other commitment. We should not be surprised to soon see the United States promoting international law again-and that could mean …
Germany's Basic Law And The Use Of Force, Russell A. Miller
Germany's Basic Law And The Use Of Force, Russell A. Miller
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
The German Basic Law's Regime for the use of force is evidence of and an explanation for the deep difference between Germany and the United States on security matters. It also might say something more grand about the power of law to constrain force.
Transatlantic Perspectives on Law, Security and Power: A German/American Dialogue on NATO’s 60th Anniversary, Symposium.