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The UN Collective Security System and the Enforcement of International Law
Professor Jean d'Aspremont from the University of Manchester will speak as part of the Law School's research seminar series 2014-15 on "The UN Collective Security System and the Enforcement of International Law".
Abstract
After a few brief terminological remarks on the concepts of enforcement, coercion and sanction, this presentation will briefly recall the theoretical debates about the role of enforcement in our understanding of international law. A few observations will then be offered as to how the creation of a collective security system regulating the use of force, irrespective of its actual enforcement function, came to upend the way in which enforcement of international law is understood by international lawyers. Taking into account recent developments pertaining to non-state actors, as well as targeted and smart sanctions, the presentation will re-evaluate the coercive role that can be performed by the collective security system. Finally, this presentation will explain how the various steps in the development of the collective security system and our understanding thereof directly impinge on how international law as a whole is perceived. The concluding remarks will invite some critical reflections on the need of a catharsis that will purge international lawyers’ “enforcement obsession” vis-à-vis their reading of the collective security system.
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- School of Law
- Venue
- New King's NK10
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