The Vietnam War and International Law, Volume 1 / / Richard A. Falk.

• VerfasserIn: Falk, Richard A.,
• MitwirkendeR: Alford, Neill H.,; Burke, William T.,; Falk, Richard A.,; Farer, Tom,; Fisher, Roger,; Friedmann, Wolfgang,; Halpern, Manfred,; Hawkins, Eliot D.,; Meeker, Leonard C.,; Mill, John Stuart,; Moore, John Norton,; Partan, Daniel G.,; Quade, Quentin L.,; Rostow, Walt W.,; Rusk, Dean,; Thant, U.,; Vattel, Emmerich De,; White, Ralph K.,; Wright, Quincy,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: American Society of International Law ; 5191
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (644 p.)

International lawyers and distinguished scholars consider the question: Is it legally justifiable to treat the Vietnam War as a civil war or as a peculiar modern species of international law?Originally published in 1968.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Note of Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. A Framework for Legal Inquiry -- Civil War -- A Few Words on Non-intervention -- The Morality and Politics of Intervention -- The Legal Regulation of Minor International Coercion: A Framework of Inquiry -- The U.S. and Wars of National Liberation -- Countering Guerrilla Attack -- Intervention: Three Problems of Policy and Law -- Intervention, Civil War and the Role of International Law -- II. Legal Perspectives -- An Approach to Issues of International Law Raised by United States Actions in Vietnam -- Legal Aspects of the Vietnam Conflict -- The Lawfulness of Military Assistance to the Republic of Viet-Nam -- Legal Aspects of the Viet-Nam Situation -- Law and Politics in the Vietnamese War: A Comment -- Law and Politics in the Vietnamese War: A Response to Professor Friedmann -- Viet-Nam and the International Law of Self-Defense -- III. World Order Perspectives -- The Control of Force in International Relations -- Excerpts from the Twenty-First Annual Report of the Secretary General of the United Nations, September 18, 1966 -- The Legality of American Military Involvement in Viet Nam: A Broader Perspective -- International Law and the United States Role in the Viet Nam War -- International Law and the United States Role in Viet Nam: A Reply -- International Law and the United States Role in Viet Nam: A Response to Professor Moore -- Intervention in Civil Wars: A Modest Proposal -- Misperception of Aggression in Vietnam -- IV. Documentary Appendices -- Permissions -- Index