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Customary Constraints On The Use Of Force: Article 51 With An American Accent, William C. Banks, Evan J. Criddle
Customary Constraints On The Use Of Force: Article 51 With An American Accent, William C. Banks, Evan J. Criddle
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This article, prepared for the symposium on ‘The Future of Restrictivist Scholarship on the Use of Force’, examines the current trajectory of restrictivist scholarship in the United States. In contrast to their counterparts in continental Europe, American restrictivists tend to devote less energy to defending narrow constructions of theUNCharter. Instead, they generally focus on legal constraints outside the Charter’s text, including customary norms and general principles of law such as necessity, proportionality, deliberative rationality, and robust evidentiary burdens. The article considers how these features of the American restrictivist tradition reflect distinctive characteristics of American legal culture, and it explores the …
The Vienna Convention On The Law Of Treaties In U.S. Treaty Interpretation, Evan J. Criddle
The Vienna Convention On The Law Of Treaties In U.S. Treaty Interpretation, Evan J. Criddle
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