II. INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND DECISIONS TO DEPLOY TROOPS OVERSEAS

This short article considers the two primary legal frameworks that can operate to control decisions by a State, in this case the UK, to deploy troops to conflict or post-conflict zones—British constitutional law and international law, and how they have both been thrown into sharp relief by the conti...

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Published inThe International and comparative law quarterly Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 814 - 823
Main Author White, Nigel D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.2010
Subjects
Constitutional law
Emergency powers
International conflict
International law
Legislatures
Military deployment
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:This short article considers the two primary legal frameworks that can operate to control decisions by a State, in this case the UK, to deploy troops to conflict or post-conflict zones—British constitutional law and international law, and how they have both been thrown into sharp relief by the continuing debate about the possible adoption by the House of Commons of a non-statutory war powers resolution.
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The paper draws upon material in ND White, Democracy Goes to War: British Military Deployments under International Law (OUP, Oxford, 2009), and is based on papers given at the Universities of Maastricht and Uppsala.
ISSN:0020-5893
1471-6895
DOI:10.1017/S0020589310000321