A Doubtful Contribution. Review of Anthony Carty: 'The Iraq Invasion as a Recent United Kingdom 'Contribution' to International Law'

Literature Review from the year 2014 in the subject Law - European and International Law, Intellectual Properties, grade: 17/20, Sciences Po Paris, Dijon, Nancy, Poitier, Menton, Havre, course: The Basics of International Law and issues of International Law and War, language: English, abstract: This short abstract gives an overview of Anthony Carty's 'The Iraq Invasion as a recent UK 'Contribution' to International Law', its main ideas and historical and political context such as of how Britain (together with its allies) framed Saddam Hussein as a threat to international peace in order to build up support for its intervention. 'The Iraq Invasion as a Recent United Kingdom 'Contribution' to International Law' was published in the European Journal of International Law Vol. 16 no. 1 (2005).