Author: Prof Mervyn Frost Fog and Chaos (image via Unsplash) The word “fog” in the phrase “the fog of war” might be taken to suggest a breakdown, chaos, disorder or anarchy. It may be taken to suggest a state of affairs that is chaotic. Where things are like this it might be thought that talk… Continue reading Ethics in the Fog of War
Author: Francisco Lobo “Lawyers and judges seem to disagree very often about the law governing a case; they seem to disagree even about the right tests to use”. These words were once written by a prominent legal theorist, Ronald Dworkin, who believed that at the heart of legal argument we find contestation between what he… Continue reading Return to Mount Olympus: ‘Legal Polytheism’, Jus Cogens Norms, and the Conflict in Ukraine
In this blog post, author Katie McCann explores how we might understand the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis in the context of 'liberal war', or wars in pursuit of humanitarian ends.
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