EBOOK Legality and Legitimacy in Global Affairs

Legality and Legitimacy in Global Affairs focuses on the problematic relationship        between legality and legitimacy when a nation (or nations) intervene in the work of        other nations. Edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, Richard Falk, and Vesselin Popovski,        this volume brings together a wide range of contributors with a broad set of cases        that consider when such intervention is legitimate even if it isn't legal--and vice        versa. Chapters cover humanitarian intervention, nuclear nonproliferation, military        intervention, international criminal tribunals, interventions driven by        environmental concerns, and the export of democracy. The book argues that while some        interventions may not be technically legal, they may well be legitimate (e.g.          Kosovo), and also concentrates on establishing the grounds for legitimate        intervention. Some cases, like Iraq, fail the test. Transnational intervention by        states and international institutions has increased since the globalization wave of        the of the 1990's and especially since 9/11. This book, by focusing on a diverse        array of cases, establishes a clear framework for judging the legitimacy of such        actions.