Abstract:Despite the ubiquity of the languages of legality and legitimacy in international relations, seldom do we address the gaps that can emerge between them. Hard cases involving the legality of the use of force seem to fall through the gaps, perhaps demonstrated best by the vague label placed on the Kosovo intervention, 'illegal but legitimate'. These cases are often treated as exceptions to the rule or anomalies which demonstrate at best the inadequacy of existing laws to deal with conflicts between legal regimes… Show more
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