This book examines the international law of forcible intervention in civil wars, in particular the role of party-consent in affecting the legality of such intervention.

Eliav Lieblich is Lecturer (US Assistant Professor) at the Radzyner School of Law, the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel. He holds a doctorate from Columbia Law School.

Introduction 1. The Dynamics of Consensual Intervention 2. The Concepts of Intervention and Internal Armed Conflict 3. The Modalities of Forcible Intervention 4. Internal Armed Conflicts and Consent in the War Prerogative Era and Effectiveness as a Source of Rights 5. Intervention and Consent in the Inter-War Period 6. The Preference of Governments: From Dichotomy to Rebuttable Presumption 7. The Scope of Government Consent Power: General Thresholds and the Effective Control Test 8. From Effective Control over Territory to Effective Protection of Civilians 9. Consent Power, Democracy, Human Rights and Self-Determination 10. Consent by Opposition Groups: Between Recognition and Humanitarian Intervention; Between Legality and Legitimacy