Abstract
Michael Walzer introduced the term jus ad vim – the just use of force short of war – in contrast with, or perhaps to complement, the well-established notion of the just war, jus ad bellum and its correlative notion, jus in bello (Walzer 2006). The intuitive idea is that there are circumstances in which military force needs to be used yet full-blown war can be avoided, and in these circumstances a different configuration of moral principles is required; hence the constitutive principles of jus ad vim will differ somewhat from the constitutive principles of jus ad bellum or, at least,...
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Force Short of War in Modern Conflict: Jus Ad Vim |
Editors | Jai Galliott |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 127-147 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1474444224 |
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Publication status | Published - 2019 |