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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785138503321

Autore

Giorgetti Chiara

Titolo

A principled approach to state failure [[electronic resource] ] : international community actions in emergency situations / / by Chiara Giorgetti ; foreword by Michael Reisman and Lea Brilmayer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-78658-X

9786612786587

90-04-18128-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Developments in international law, 0924-5332 : v. 64

Disciplina

341.5/84

Soggetti

Failed states

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An emerging problem in international law -- The international community has acted on behalf of states in the past -- The failed state par excellence : the role of the international community in Somalia demonstrates the inadequacy of the system to deal with state failure -- What is state failure? The inadequacy of existing legal techniques to deal with failed states -- Responding to public health emergencies in failed states -- Environmental emergencies in failed states -- United Nations actions and the use of military force to provide assistance to domestic populations in failed states.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first legal study of state failure in international law. Building on a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon, Dr. Giorgetti provides a definition of state failure that informs her study of how international actors may operate in situations of emergencies occurring in failed and failing states. The book specifically focuses on actions taken in health, environmental and human rights emergencies to provide generally applicable conclusions. Indeed, the Principles for Action distilled in the final chapter will provide concrete instruments to the international community to act in emergency situations and will prove to be an important contribution to the development of international law.