The Iraq War and international law / edited by Phil Shiner and Andrew Williams.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Iraq War and international law : by way of an introduction / Andrew Williams -- The Iraq War, international law and the search for legal accountability / Phil Shiner -- The challenges of counter-proliferation : law and policy of the Iraq intervention / Daniel H Joyner -- The Iraq War : issues of international humanitarian law and international criminal law / Nicholas Grief -- International criminal law and Iraq / Andrew Williams -- Complicity before the international criminal tribunals and jurisdiction over Iraq / William A Schabas -- The continuing occupation? Issues of joint and several liability and effective control / Christine Chinkin -- A plurality of responsible actors : international responsibility for acts of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq / Stefan Talmon -- Justiciability in the areas of foreign relations and defence / Rabinder Singh -- Responsibility for troops abroad : UN-mandated forces and issues of human rights accountability / Keir Starmer -- How will the European Court of Human Rights deal with the UK in Iraq? Lessons from Turkey and Russia / Bill Bowring -- The future for international law after Iraq / Nigel Rodley -- Between hope and despair : the Iraq War and international law futures? / Jayan Nayar.

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The decision by the US and UK governments to use military force against Iraq in 2003 and the subsequent occupation and administration of that State, has brought into sharp focus fundamental fault lines in international law. The decision to invade, the conduct of the war and occupation and the mechanisms used to administer the country all challenge the international legal community placing it at a crossroads. When can the use of force be justified? What are the limits of military operations? What strength does international criminal law possess in the face of such interventions? How effective i.

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