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Colby College

2013

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The Last Page: Debating Preventive War: An Arena Of Law Of Power?, Kenneth Rodman Mar 2013

The Last Page: Debating Preventive War: An Arena Of Law Of Power?, Kenneth Rodman

Colby Magazine

By the time you read this essay, we will almost certainly be at war, probably without the authorization of the United Nations. A group of students asked me whether such a war would be legal under international law. A second question is, “Do such considerations matter?”