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- Title: Using Force First: Moral Tradition and the Case for Revision.
- Author : Stanford Journal of International Law
- Release Date : January 01, 2007
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 327 KB
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I. INTRODUCTION The four years that have elapsed since the United States boldly claimed the right to use preemptive force absent an imminent threat (1) have brought no calm to this roiled area of international law. "Preservationists" defend the standard recognized by states since at least the end of World War II, centered on the requirement of an imminent threat, and argue that relaxing this standard will yield more violence and less order. (2) "Revisionists" counter that the threat of global terrorism renders this standard incapable of providing states with the security they require. (3) Most scholarship in support of revision has focused on changed circumstances since 9/11: the threat of global terrorism and the failures of a standard that conditions preemptive force on the presence of an imminent threat. These arguments are crucial and, understandably, the focus of early efforts at fostering legitimacy. Equally important--and to this point in time overlooked--is a compelling argument that such a shift can preserve underlying moral commitments that have shaped the contemporary standard in the past.