Legality today commands substantial currency in world affairs, and this volume examines the struggle over its meaning in diverse practices.

From an airstrip in Saudi Arabia, the CIA launches drones to 'legally' kill Al-Qaida leaders in Yemen. On the North Pole, Russia plants a flag on the seabed to

The issue of consent and criminal law commonly focuses on consent in sports, sexual activity, and medical treatment. The notion of consent and the influence of

When an economic collapse, natural disaster, epidemic outbreak, terrorist attack, or internal crisis puts a country in dire need, governments must rise to the o

The book outlines legal limits to the veto power of UN Security Council permanent members while atrocity crimes are occurring.