National sovereignty, defined as a nation's right to exercise its own law and practise over its territory, is a cherished norm in the modern era, and yet it raises great legal, political and ethical dilemmas. This study looks at the problems created by international intervention.

Michael Keren, Donald A. Sylvan

Part 1 Theory and Humanitarian Intervention; Chapter 1 Theory and Humanitarian Intervention, Howard Adelman; Part 2 Cognitive and Domestic Sources of Intervention; Chapter 2 Intellectuals without Borders, Michael Keren; Chapter 3 When is Intervention Likely?, Arie Nadler; Chapter 4 Deciding whether to Intervene, Donald A. Sylvan, Jon C. Pevehouse; Chapter 5 The Media and International Intervention, Akiba Cohen; Part 3 Constraints and Consequences of Intervention; Chapter 6 The UN Experience in Modern Intervention, Rüdiger Wolfrum; Chapter 7 Intervention as a Challenge for the Military, Gustav Däniker; Chapter 8 Canadian Discourse on Peacekeeping, Barry Cooper; Chapter 9 Multilateral Intervention and the International Community, Bruce Cronin; Part 4 Scholars Against Genocide; Chapter 10 Scholars against Genocide, Neal Riemer;