A principled approach to state failure [electronic resource] : international community actions in emergency situations / by Chiara Giorgetti ; foreword by Michael Reisman and Lea Brilmayer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An emerging problem in international law -- The international community has acted on behalf of states in the past -- The failed state par excellence : the role of the international community in Somalia demonstrates the inadequacy of the system to deal with state failure -- What is state failure? The inadequacy of existing legal techniques to deal with failed states -- Responding to public health emergencies in failed states -- Environmental emergencies in failed states -- United Nations actions and the use of military force to provide assistance to domestic populations in failed states.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.