Institutionalizing the just war -- A richer Jus Ad Bellum -- Institutional legitimacy -- Reciprocal institutional legitimation -- The internal legitimacy of humanitarian intervention -- Reforming the international law of humanitarian intervention -- Justifying preventive war, institutionally -- Precommitment regime for humanitarian intervention.
Summary
"This book challenges traditional and contemporary just war theorizing, by taking seriously the role of social practices and institutions in decision to go to war. It argues that which substantive moral principles regarding the initiation of war are valid can depend upon the institutional processes within which decisions are made."
