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‘I'll Take Manhattan’: The International Rule of Law and the United Nations Security Council

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Simon Chesterman
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Abstract

Frequent agreement on the rule of law in theory is possible in large part because of divergent views on what it means in practice. This essay briefly addresses the content of the rule of law at the international level before discussing the challenge to this idea presently posed by the United Nations Security Council – the one international body with the power to enforce the law, but which is nevertheless loath to submit to it.

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International rule of lawSecurity councilEuropean Court of JusticeKadi-case
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Hague Journal on the Rule of Law , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 67 - 73
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Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press and the Authors 2009

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