Sunday, March 23

international law and the Iraq war:


In this essay, Professor Dorf offers a nice run through on the position this conflict has within international law.  He analysis the two major paths that would give authorization to U.S. use of force: 1) a security council authorization or 2) self defense.


Dorf concludes that there is no legal authorization; however, he makes the point that political legitimacy, to the extent it exists, may also have an impact here.  In any event, the essay is a good primer on the international law issue.