Obama's pledge to international law: a Look at the first sixteen months in office

This paper will seek to provide a general overview of the Obama administration’s impact on international law after the first 15 months in office. Overall there has been a clear change of direction from the Bush administration’s approach to international law, but there are...

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Autor principal: Federico Rojas
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Publicado: Amsterdam Law Forum 2010
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ba334ef875514ebf844d253b213e4e6e2021-12-02T06:06:58ZObama's pledge to international law: a Look at the first sixteen months in office1876-8156https://doaj.org/article/ba334ef875514ebf844d253b213e4e6e2010-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ojs.ubvu.vu.nl/alf/article/view/142https://doaj.org/toc/1876-8156This paper will seek to provide a general overview of the Obama administration’s impact on international law after the first 15 months in office. Overall there has been a clear change of direction from the Bush administration’s approach to international law, but there are some areas of controversy such as detainment of prisoners and the use of military drones in Pakistan, in which the Obama administration has been criticized for pushing the boundaries of international law. A comparison will also be made between the newly released National Security Strategy the ones released under the Bush administration.Federico RojasAmsterdam Law ForumarticleBarack ObamaLawKENAmsterdam Law Forum, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 23-32 (2010)
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Obama's pledge to international law: a Look at the first sixteen months in office
description This paper will seek to provide a general overview of the Obama administration’s impact on international law after the first 15 months in office. Overall there has been a clear change of direction from the Bush administration’s approach to international law, but there are some areas of controversy such as detainment of prisoners and the use of military drones in Pakistan, in which the Obama administration has been criticized for pushing the boundaries of international law. A comparison will also be made between the newly released National Security Strategy the ones released under the Bush administration.
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author Federico Rojas
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title Obama's pledge to international law: a Look at the first sixteen months in office
title_short Obama's pledge to international law: a Look at the first sixteen months in office
title_full Obama's pledge to international law: a Look at the first sixteen months in office
title_fullStr Obama's pledge to international law: a Look at the first sixteen months in office
title_full_unstemmed Obama's pledge to international law: a Look at the first sixteen months in office
title_sort obama's pledge to international law: a look at the first sixteen months in office
publisher Amsterdam Law Forum
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