Essays about: "Just War Theory"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 42 essays containing the words Just War Theory.

  1. 21. The Defense of Superior Orders - Article 33 of the ICC statute: a departure from customary international law?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Marcus Abrahamsson; [2018]
    Keywords : public international law; international criminal law; jurisprudence; law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The defence of superior orders is the answer to what is called the soldier’s dilemma. This is so called since on the one hand, a soldier is bound by national legislation, military practice, and often psychological pressure to unquestioningly follow the orders of his superior. READ MORE

  3. 22. The tenability gap: A study of Just War Theory and intervention justifications in Syria.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sofia Wennberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Just War Theory; Syria; military intervention; justification; jus ad bellum; jus in bello; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Moral and ethical considerations have always been important in discussions about warfare and the development of the international community and body of international humanitarian law, laws whose fundamental ethics that can be attributed to Just War Theory. With the changing nature of conflicts and due to the lack of internationally declared principles of just and unjust wars, this thesis argues that there is a gap which creates difficulties in the justifications of contemporary conflicts. READ MORE

  4. 23. Persuasion in Rhetoric : A Critical Metaphor Analysis of the Use of Metaphor in Pro-war Political Speeches

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Shaymaa Esmail; [2016]
    Keywords : Cognitive Linguistics; Critical Metaphor Analysis; rhetoric; metaphor; persuasion;

    Abstract : This paper is investigating how metaphors are used in political speeches to achieve persuasion. By analyzing three speeches dealing with the 2003 Iraq war delivered by Bush, Blair and Howard, I try to find out the similarities and differences in how metaphors are constructed; how they are used as a persuasive technique; and lastly if the different military contribution of the three countries affected how metaphors are constructed. READ MORE

  5. 24. Understanding The Drone Campaign in FATA, Pakistan : An investigation of Pre-emptive and Preventive warfare

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Khan Ismail; [2016]
    Keywords : New Wars; Drones; FATA; Pakistan; TTP; Just-­War; Pre-­emptive; Al­‐Qaeda; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the difference between Pre-emptive and the Preventive use of force in a low-intensity conflict to which the drone campaign is a critical part of. Northern Pakistan has borne the brunt of the U.S. READ MORE

  6. 25. Somaliland: The Morality of Secession

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Max Högblom; [2014]
    Keywords : Just Secession; Just War; Secession; Ethics; Morality; Somaliland; Somalia; SNM; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study aims to understand if the de facto secession of Somaliland from Somalia in 1991 can be considered morally just according to just secession theory. This theory follows the approach of Allen Buchanan and Wayne Norman and their formulation of just cause theory of secession. READ MORE