When the United Nations Charter was adopted in 1945, states established a legal `paradigm' for regulating the recourse to armed force. In the years since then, however, significant developments have challenged the paradigm's validity, causing a `pardigmatic shift'.International Law and the Use of Forcetraces this shift and explores its implications for contemporary international law and practice. | International Law And The Use Of Force by Anthony Clark Arend, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters