Legitimate Authority as a Jus Ad Bellum Condition: Defense of a Procedural Requirement in Just War Theory

Journal of Military Ethics 19 (2):99-117 (2020)
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Today, it is widely held that while authorization may be helpful in assuring that the other jus ad bellum criteria are met, legitimate authority is not itself a condition for just recourse to war....

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Just and Unjust Wars.M. Walzer - 1979 - Philosophy 54 (209):415-420.
Legitimacy and Non-State Political Violence.Christopher J. Finlay - 2009 - Journal of Political Philosophy 18 (3):287-312.

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