• The changing paradigm of state sovereignty In the international system 

    Kelleh, Fassue (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-15)
    The system of state relations in the international system was established at the end of the Forty Years War, which culminated in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The treaty was based on sovereignty, which is rooted in the ...
  • Just war, legitimate authority and non-State actors 

    Campbell, Luke Bradley, 1985- (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-08)
    In the classical just war tradition, legitimate authority is central to the just use of force. This tradition is consistent with the argument, as posited by Augustine and Aquinas, that legitimate authority is the guiding ...