TY - BOOK AU - Kress,Claus AU - Lawless,Robert ED - Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare (United States Military Academy), TI - Necessity and proportionality in international peace and security law T2 - The Lieber studies SN - 9780197537404 (ebook) : AV - KZ6385 U1 - 341.6 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - War (International law) KW - Intervention (International law) KW - Necessity (International law) KW - Proportionality in law N1 - Also issued in print: 2020; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - There are legal limits on the circumstances under which states may use military force to address a perceived or actual threat. The concepts of necessity and proportionality are central to these limitations imposed by the law. This text explores the many ways in which necessity and proportionality arise in the law on the modern battlefield, which is rapidly changing, complex, and ambiguous UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197537374.001.0001 ER -