{"product_id":"law-war-and-the-penumbra-of-uncertainty-legal-cultures-extra-legal-reasoning-and-the-use-of-force-hardback-9781316511985","title":"Law, War and the Penumbra of Uncertainty; Legal Cultures, Extra-legal Reasoning and the Use of Force (Hardback) 9781316511985","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLaw, War and the Penumbra of Uncertainty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLegal Cultures, Extra-legal Reasoning and the Use of Force\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exploration into how uncertainty and political and ethical biases affect international law governing the use of force.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSam Selvadurai (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316511985, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 April 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 2.6 cm, 0.682 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The book takes a unique approach subjecting doctrinal legal questions to a forensic examination of how they are interpreted and applied in practice. It provides a bridge between law and policy, uncovering the reality of how States formulate their legal position on use of force. As such, it will be of much interest to scholars of law as well as those seeking to understanding policy and decision-making in this area.' Professor Noam Lubell, University of Essex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book argues that lawyers must often rely on contestable ethical and strategic intuitions when dealing with legal and factual uncertainties in 'hard cases' of resort to force. This area of international law relies on multiple tests which can be interpreted in different ways, do not yield binary 'yes\/no' answers, and together define 'paradigms' of lawful and unlawful force. Controversial cases of force differ from these paradigms, requiring lawyers to assess complex, incomplete factual evidence, and to forecast the immediate and long-term consequences of using and not using force. Legal rules cannot resolve such uncertainties; instead, techniques from legal risk management, strategic intelligence assessment and political forecasting may help. This study develops these arguments using the philosophy of knowledge, socio-legal, politico-strategic and ethical theory, structured interviews and a survey with 31 UK-based international lawyers, and systematic analysis of key International Court of Justice cases and scholarly assessments of US-led interventions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: investigating law, war and the penumbra of uncertainty\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Varieties of uncertainty in the jus ad bellum: 2. Uncertainty about law in the jus ad bellum\u003cbr\u003e 3. Uncertainty about facts in the jus ad bellum\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The international court of justice, UK-based lawyers and the jus ad bellum: 4. Competing interpretive cultures of war\u003cbr\u003e 5. Competing strategic cultures of law\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Managing uncertainty: reconciling legal and extra-legal reasoning: 6. Legal risk, strategic assessment, forecasting and the jus ad bellum\u003cbr\u003e 7. Uncertainty, risk management and duty to the law\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion: competing normative cultures of war\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International organisations \u0026amp; institutions [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International organisations \u0026amp; institutions\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20organisations%20\u0026amp;%20institutions%20%5BLBBU%5D%22\"\u003eLBBU\u003c\/a\u003e], International humanitarian law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International humanitarian law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20humanitarian%20law%20%5BLBBS%5D%22\"\u003eLBBS\u003c\/a\u003e], International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002448498968,"sku":"9781316511985","price":87.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316511985i_af1f06cc-ba9b-4cfe-9f39-1cffe0a7d8b9.jpg?v=1696681595","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/law-war-and-the-penumbra-of-uncertainty-legal-cultures-extra-legal-reasoning-and-the-use-of-force-hardback-9781316511985","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}