Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Kosovo and the United Nations Charter; 2 The Effect of State Practice on the Charter; 3 State Practice: The Charter and Interstate Violence; 4 Security Council Practice: The Charter and Intrastate Violence; 5 The Collapse of Consent: Is a Legalist Use-of-Force Regime Possible?; 6 The International Parallel Universe: Is a Legalist Use-of-Force Regime Desirable?; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Index.
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NATO violated the United Nations Charter by bombing Yogoslavia, but nations have used armed force so often that the ban on non-defensive use of force has been cast into doubt. Nations remain hopelessly divided on what the rules should be. This title discusses this and other issues.