International Law And The Use Of Force By National Liberation Movements Paperback

Heather Ann Wilson

This book examines two branches of the international law of armed conflict as they apply to national liberation movements. First, it explores the idea that national liberation movements may legitimately resort to the use of force to secure the right of their peoples to self-determination. Second, it examines the application of the humanitarian law of armed conflict in wars of national liberation.

0198256620

9780198256625

English

Oxford University Press, USA

8 November 1990

220

`Planners and policy makers should find this very useful in their assessments and possibly in decisions for execution' USL Journal 'Wilson has certainly made a very useful contribution to the literature on national liberation movements. This is the first book to concentrate on the right of self-determination and its effect on the law of war, and ought to be widely read, especially by those who still hold the conventional view that the use of force remains the exclusive province of sovereign states.' Onje Gye-Wado, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, Modern African Studies, Volume 29, part 4, 1991 `A stimulating book.'