Hehir, Aidan,  1977- <br/><br/>
The responsibility to protect :  rhetoric, reality and the future of humanitarian intervention / 
Aidan Hehir. 
 - ix, 301 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-294) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Rhetoric and Reality -- PART I: THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: SOUND AND FURY...? The Evolution of the Responsibility to Protect ; The Responsibility to Protect, Authority and International Law ; The Responsibility to Prevent: The Last Refuge of the Unimaginative? ; Political Will and Non-Intervention -- PART II: BEYOND R2P. In Defence of Humanitarian Intervention and the Potential of International Law ; Understanding the Tension between Sovereignty and Intervention ; Grasping the Nettle: The Parameters of Viable Reform ; Conclusion: The Future of Humanitarian Intervention. 
<br/><br/> "The notion of a responsibility to protect (R2P) has come to dominate debates about humanitarian intervention. This important new book provides a systematic assessment of its evolution and gives a careful critique of its limits in mapping out alternative avenues for the prevention of - and responses to - humanitarian crises." -- Publisher's website. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0230289185 9780230289185 0230289177 9780230289178 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011277729 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Responsibility to protect (International law)<br/>Humanitarian intervention
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KZ4082  / .H44 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>341.584