Collective security : theory, law and practice /

Tsagourias, Nikolaos K.

Collective security : theory, law and practice / Nicholas Tsagourias and Nigel D. White. - New York ; Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xxxvi, 481 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

I. The concept of collective security -- Collective security : a historical journey -- The morphology of collective security -- Triggers, actors and institutions -- II. Collective security components -- States and collective security -- The United Nations -- Regional organisations -- Private military and security companies -- III. Collective security tools -- The settlement of disputes and preventive security -- State-building -- Sanctions -- Military security -- IV. Legal management of collective security -- Law as internal facilitator, regulator or constraint -- Law as external facilitator, regulator or constraint -- The management of normative conflicts -- V. Accountability in collective security -- Accountability in collective security -- International responsibility and liability -- Individual criminal responsibility.



9781461953739


United Nations.


Security, International--International cooperation.
Self-defense (International law)
War--Prevention--International cooperation.
Security, International--Political aspects.


Electronic Books.

KZ6369 / .C655 2013