Abstract
The invasion of Iraq, and the period immediately preceding and following it, has been characterized as a period of great “uncertainty” and “disequilibrium.”1 It marks a time when a whole series of truths, conventions, and practices that had been previously taken for granted have been called into question. This is nowhere more evident than with respect to the just war tradition. The right of states to wage war in certain circumstances has been subject to concerted scrutiny as theorists and interested observers have examined whether the received jus ad bellum should be retained unaltered, scrapped, or modified to fit today’s security environment. This intense period of questioning and reappraisal is a direct consequence of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the shockwaves of which are still rippling through international society.
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Introduction
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O’Driscoll, C. (2008). Introduction. In: The Renegotiation of the Just War Tradition and the Right to War in the Twenty-First Century. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230612037_1
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