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Boyle, Francis Anthony was born on March 25, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
( This work tries to bridge the gap between international...)
This work tries to bridge the gap between international lawyers and those political scientists who write about international politics. In the first part, the author discusses the influence of Professor Morgenthau's realist school on the current thinking of political scientists and the abandonment of this school by its originator in the last years of his life. The author concludes that the best way to test the validity of different approaches is to discuss various international crises in the light of contrasting theories and to analyze each situation from both the legal and political points of view. In particular, he tries to ascertain to what extent vital national interests could be accommodated within an international legal framework, or could require a distortion of international rules in order to achieve national objectives. In the second part, the author dissects the Entebbe raid, where Israeli forces rescued a group of hostages being detained by hijackers at a Ugandan airport. His analysis shows the deficiencies of the international system in dealing with such a complex issue, where several contradictory principles of international law could be applied and were defended by various protagonists. The third part starts with a parallel problem--the Iranian hostages crisis, where a group of U.S. officials found themselves in an unprecedented situation of being captured by a band of students. A critical analysis of the handling of this problem by the Carter Administration is followed by vignettes of other crises faced by the Administration and by its successor, the Reagan Administration. This part is less analytical and more prescriptive. The author is no long satisfied with pointing out what went wrong; instead, he departs from the usual hands-off policy of political scientists and tries to indicate how much better each situation could have been handled if the decision makers had been paying more attention to international law and international organizations. The theme is slowly developed that in the long run national interest is better served not by practicing power politics and relying on the use of threat of force but by strengthening those international institutions that can provide a neutral environment for first slowing down a crisis and then finding an equitable solution acceptable to most of the parties in conflict. The value of this book lies primarily in giving the reader a real insight into several important issues of today that are familiar to most people only from newspaper headlines and television news. While not everybody can agree with all his criticisms of the mistakes of various governments, there is an honest attempt by the author to present issues impartially and to let the blame fall where it may. Being both an international lawyer and a political scientist, the author has had the advantage of combining the methodology of these two social sciences into a rich tapestry with some startling shades and tones.
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Provides legal information to individuals to help them design a legal defense for actions of civil resistance intended to halt destructive government activities that violate international law. Has a special section relating to nuclear weapons activities.
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(Acknowledgements; Introduction by Ramsey Clark; Preface :...)
Acknowledgements; Introduction by Ramsey Clark; Preface : Remarks in Honour of Louis Sohn. Part One: Some Theoretical Considerations -- New Directions for International Legal Studies Toward the Start of the Third Millennium; The Paradigmatic Elements of Modern Political Realism; Preserving the Rule of Law in the War Against International Terrorism. Part Two: Nuclear Flashpoint in the Middle East -- Dissensus Over Strategic Consensus; Creating the State of Palestine; The Outstanding Series of Crises Between Gulf of Sidra and International Terrorism: Part One (1981-1986); The Outstanding Series of Crises Between the United States and Libya Over the Gulf of Sidra and International Terrorism: Part Two (Since 1986). Part Three: Arms Control and Disarmament -- The Legal Distortions Behind the Reagan Gulf of Sidra and International Terrorism: Part One (1981-1986); The Lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Star Wars vs. International Law: The Force Will Be Against Us; The Future of International Law and American Foreign Policy.
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( In Foundations of World Order Francis Anthony Boyle pro...)
In Foundations of World Order Francis Anthony Boyle provides the first historically comprehensive analysis of U.S. foreign policy regarding international law and organizations. Examining the period from the Spanish American War to the establishment of the League of Nations and the Permanent Court of International Justice, Boyle argues that the international legal framework created at the beginning of the twentieth century not only influenced the course of American foreign policy but also provided the foundation upon which relations among states were built. Although both the League of Nations and the Permanent Court of International Justice were rejected by the U.S. Senate, Boyle shows how the early governance of these institutions—precursors, respectively, to the United Nations and the International Court of Justice—informed later efforts to reduce and regulate transnational threats and the use of military force. Delving into such topics as the United States and its initial stance of neutrality in World War I and its imperial policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean, Boyle offers detailed readings of the relevant treaties, tribunals, and conferences, and assesses the political actors involved. Taking up the legalist point of view, he discusses the codification of customary international law, the obligatory arbitration of international disputes, and the creation of a new regime for the settlement of such disputes. Boyle has provided in Foundations of World Order a compelling portrait of the relationship between political power and law, and of the impact of these forces on U.S. diplomacy. This volume will serve as a valuable resource to students, scholars, and practitioners of international law; it will also be of great interest to historians and political scientists engaged with issues of U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic history.
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(As the U.S. War on Terrorism hurtles into uncharted water...)
As the U.S. War on Terrorism hurtles into uncharted waters, challenging accepted norms of international law and setting a pattern for peremptory state behavior, could a nuclear strike against a non-nuclear "rogue state" become an American option? Could conflicts between other nuclear states such as India and Pakistan go nuclear? The Clinton Administration’s Presidential Decision Directive 60 asserted a U.S. right to target non-nuclear states with nuclear weapons in 1997. But PDD60, as well as nuclear deterrence as a whole -- both the use and threatened use of nuclear weapons -- is illegal under the international law of warfare.In fact, Francis A. Boyle argues in The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence, the Bush administration’s toying with the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Afghanistan, its intent to proceed with National Missile Defense, to renew nuclear testing and develop "bunker-busting" nuclear weapons will have disastrous impact on existing international efforts to rein in the global nuclear arms race through the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. Already, the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty has fallen before its scythe. This book provides a succinct and detailed guide to understanding the arms race from Hiroshima/ Nagasaki through the SALT I, SALT II, ABM and START efforts at arms control, to Star Wars/National Missile Defense, U.S. unilateral abrogation of the ABM Treaty, and events in Afghanistan and beyond. It clarifies the relevant international law, from the Hague Conventions through the Nuremberg Principles to the recent World Court Advisory Opinion, as well as tracing contradictions in and contraventions of domestic guidelines established in the U.S. Army Field Manual of 1956 on The Law of Land Warfare, which remains the official primer for U.S. military personnel concerning the laws of war to which they must regard themselves as subject. More disturbingly, Boyle reviews the intricacies of the foreign policy controversies and objectives which mark the development of American nuclear policy, often pressed forward by civilian administrations seeking to promote their geopolitical agenda over the advice and desires of the American military itself. This book is an effective tool and a "must read" for the burgeoning anti-nuclear and peace movements, church groups, and lawyers defending anti-nuclear resisters. It should also prove instructive for the diplomatic community, and for civilian and military personnel who frame and carry out America’s nuclear policies, who must weigh the possibility of being summoned one day before an international war crimes tribunal.
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(A leading US expert applies the norms and standards of in...)
A leading US expert applies the norms and standards of international law to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, addressing Palestinian statehood, the negotiation and failure of the Oslo Accords, the status of Jerusalem, the Al Aqsa Intifada, the right of return, human rights violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity, terrorism (both state and suicide bombings), the current divest-from-Israel c...
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(Francis Boyle provides a comprehensive history and critiq...)
Francis Boyle provides a comprehensive history and critique of American foreign policy toward Libya from when the Reagan administration came to power in January of 1981 up to the 2011 NATO war on Libya that ultimately achieved the US goal of regime change, and beyond. He sets the record straight on the series of military conflicts and crises between the United States and Libya over the Gulf of Sidra, exposing the Reagan administration’s fraudulent claims of Libyan instigation of international terrorism put forward over his eight years in office. Boyle reveals the inside story behind the Lockerbie bombing cases against the United States and the United Kingdom that he filed at the World Court for Colonel Qaddafi acting upon his advice—and the unjust resolution of those disputes. Deploying standard criteria of international law, Boyle analyzes and debunks the UN R2P “responsibility to protect” doctrine and its immediate predecessor, “humanitarian intervention”. . The purported NATO protection in actuality led to 50,000 Libyan casualties, and the complete breakdown of law and order. And this is just the beginning. Boyle lays out the ramifications: the destabilization of the Maghreb and Sahel, and the French intervention in Mali—with the USA/NATO/Europe starting a new imperial scramble for the natural resources of Africa. This book is not only a classic case study of the conduct of US foreign policy as it relates to international law, but a damning indictment of the newly-contrived R2P doctrine as legal cover for Western intervention into third world countries.
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(Since the war in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom,...)
Since the war in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Americans have been surprised to learn that much of the world now views the United States itself as a major threat to global peace. This book addresses the imperial dimensions of U.S. policy in the Middle East, past and present, which may help to account for these views. Francis A. Boyle's hard-hitting analysis reveals a history of American intervention which has led to havoc in the region and destabilization of the international system as a whole. He examines U.S. assistance to Iraq during the Iran/Iraq war, U.S. conduct of the 1990 Persian Gulf War, and the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in relation to their violation of the laws of neutrality, humanitarian law, the laws of war-and the U.S. Constitution. By the time of the presidency of George W. Bush, American foreign policy had evolved to the public assertion of the right to preemptive strike, and its actual implementation. "In international legal terms, the Bush Jr. administration should be viewed as constituting an ongoing criminal conspiracy under international criminal law in violation of the Nuremberg Charter, the Nuremberg Judgment, and the Nuremberg Principles, due to its formulation and undertaking of war policies which are legally akin to those perpetrated by the Nazi regime in pre-World War II Germany." -- Francis A. Boyle
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'In international legal terms, the Bush Jr. administration should be viewed as constituting an ongoing criminal conspiracy under international criminal law in violation of the Nuremberg Charter, the Nuremberg Judgment, and the Nuremberg Principles, due to its formulation and undertaking of war policies which are legally akin to those perpetrated by the Nazi regime in pre-World War II Germany.'
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(How and why the US initiated, sustained and then dramatic...)
How and why the US initiated, sustained and then dramatically expanded an illegal biological arms buildup. Linking U.S. biowarfare development to the October 2001 anthrax attack on Congress—the most significant political attack on US democracy in recent history—Boyle sheds new light on * the motives for the attack * the media black hole of silence * why the FBI may never apprehend the perpetrators of this seminal crime of the 21st century The American people have deep cause for public concern about the US Chemical and Biological Defense Program.
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( In this indispensable book, distinguished activist lawy...)
In this indispensable book, distinguished activist lawyer Francis A. Boyle sounds an impassioned clarion call to citizen action against Bush administration policies, both domestic and international. Especially since the Reagan Administration, hundreds of thousands of Americans have used non-violent civil resistance to protest against elements of U.S. policy that violate basic principles of international law, the United States Constitution, and human rights. Such citizen protests have led to an unprecedented number of arrests and prosecutions by federal, state, and local governments around the country. Boyle, who has spent his career advising and defending civil resisters, explores how international law can be used to question the legality of specific U.S. government foreign and domestic policies. He focuses especially on the aftermath of 9/11 and the implications of the war on Afghanistan, the war on terrorism, the war on Iraq, the doctrine of preventive warfare, and the domestic abridgement of civil rights. Written for concerned citizens, activists, NGOs, civil resisters, their supporters, and their lawyers, Protesting Power provides the best legal and constitutional arguments to support and defend civil resistance activities. Including a number of compelling excerpts from his own trial appearances as an expert witness and as counsel, the author offers inspirational and practical advice for protesters who find themselves in court. This invaluable book stands alone as the only guide available on how to use international law, constitutional law, and the laws of war to defend peaceful non-violent protesters against governmental policies that are illegal and criminal.
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(This book compiles the proceedings of the 18th Annual BER...)
This book compiles the proceedings of the 18th Annual BERTRAND RUSSELL PEACE LECTURES delivered by international legal expert Francis A. Boyle at the Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University, in January, 2007.
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(Sri Lanka’s government declared victory in May, 2009, in ...)
Sri Lanka’s government declared victory in May, 2009, in one of the world’s most intractable wars after a series of battles in which it killed the leader of the Tamil Tigers, who had been fighting to create a separate homeland for the country’s ethnic Tamil minority. The United Nations said the conflict had killed between 80,000 and 100,000 people in Sri Lanka since full-scale civil war broke out in 1983. A US State Department report offered a grisly catalogue of alleged abuses, including the killing of captives or combatants seeking surrender, the abduction and in some cases murder of Tamil civilians, and dismal humanitarian conditions in camps for displaced persons. Human Rights Watch said the U.S. report should dispel any doubts that serious abuses were committed during the final months of the 26-year civil war. The report gains added significance since, during these five months, the Sri Lankan Government denied independent observers, including the media and human rights organizations, access to the war zone, and conducted a “war without witnesses.” This book traces the ongoing engagement of international lawyer Francis A. Boyle during the last years of the conflict. Boyle was among the very few addressing the international legal implications of the Sri Lankan Government’s grave and systematic violations of Tamil human rights while the conflict was taking place. This is the first book to develop an authoritative case for genocide against the Government of Sri Lanka under international law.
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(The just resolution of the Palestinian right of return is...)
The just resolution of the Palestinian right of return is at the very heart of the Middle East peace process. Nonetheless, the Obama administration intends to impose a comprehensive peace settlement upon the Palestinians that will force them to give up their well-recognized right of return under United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194(III)) of 1948; accept a Bantustan of disjointed and surrounded chunks of territory on the West Bank in Gaza; and even expressly recognize Israel as "the Jewish State," as newly demanded by Benjamin Netanyahu. All this will fail for the reasons so powerfully and eloquently stated in this book. For the past three decades, Francis A. Boyle has provided the leadership of the Palestinian people with advice, counsel, and representation at all stages of the Middle East Peace Process. Here, he elaborates what the Palestinians must now do to realize their international legal right of return, in keeping with his startling perception of Israel as itself nothing more than a Jewish Bantustan bound for failure. While an enormous amount of scholarly literature has been generated affirming the Palestinian right of return under international law, none is as authentic, powerful, personal, or convincing. Boyle has gone to the heart of the solution.
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(During the past three decades, Francis Boyle has dealt wi...)
During the past three decades, Francis Boyle has dealt with some of the most difficult problems created by Britain's continued military occupation of six northeast counties in Ireland: * Proving that the "Potato Famine” was really British genocide against the Irish; * Britain's obligation to decolonize Northern Ireland; * I.R.A. resistance and Joe Doherty; * the anti-Irish U.S.-U.K. Supplementary Extradition Treaty (1986) and U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty (2006); and * the MacBride Principles on Northern Ireland; the Great Grandson of Major John MacBride; etc. The book concludes with a legal and human rights framework for establishing a United Ireland where all Irish can live in peace with justice for all irrespective of their differences. This book is required reading for Irish Americans, people living in Ireland, and the Irish Diaspora around the world.
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Boyle, Francis Anthony was born on March 25, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University Chicago, 1971. Juris Doctor magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1976. AM, Harvard University, 1978.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1983.
Teaching fellow, associate Harvard University and Center International Affairs, 1976—1978. Tax attorney Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, 1977—1978. Professor law University Illinois, Champaign, since 1978, professor unit criticism & interpretive theory, since 2010.
Professor Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Summer University Jurists, 1989. Parhad lecturer University Calgary, 2001. Bertrand Russell peace lecturer McMaster University, 2007.
(A leading US expert applies the norms and standards of in...)
(During the past three decades, Francis Boyle has dealt wi...)
(Francis Boyle provides a comprehensive history and critiq...)
(Sri Lanka’s government declared victory in May, 2009, in ...)
(Provides legal information to individuals to help them de...)
(Since the war in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom,...)
(This book compiles the proceedings of the 18th Annual BER...)
( This work tries to bridge the gap between international...)
( In Foundations of World Order Francis Anthony Boyle pro...)
(The just resolution of the Palestinian right of return is...)
(How and why the US initiated, sustained and then dramatic...)
(Acknowledgements; Introduction by Ramsey Clark; Preface :...)
(Biowarfare and Terrorism by Boyle, Francis Anthony [Clari...)
(United Ireland, Human Rights and International Law by Boy...)
( In this indispensable book, distinguished activist lawy...)
('In international legal terms, the Bush Jr. administratio...)
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Author: World Politics and International Law, 1985 (Outstanding Academy Book, Choice magazine 1985-1986), Defending Civil Resistance Under International Law, 1987, The Future of International Law and American Foreign Policy, 1989, The Bosnian People Charge Genocide, 1996, Foundations of World Order, 1999, The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence, 2002, Palestine, Palestinians and International Law, 2003, Destroying World Order, 2004, Biowarfare and Terrorism, 2005, Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law, 2008, Breaking All the Rules: Palestine, Iraq, Iran and the Case for Impeachment, 2008, Tackling America's Toughest Questions, 2009, The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka, 2010, The Palestinian Right of Return Under International Law, 2011, United Ireland, Human Rights, and International Law, 2011. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member bureau political-military affairs (scholar-diplomat program) United States Department State, 1981. Board directors, coordinating council Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, since 1981. Consultant Amnesty International, since 1983.
Chairman, panel of jurists IPO Brussels Tribunal on Reagan Adminstrns. Foreign Policy, 1984. Advisor Council for Responsible Genetics, since 1985.
Consultant United Nations Committee on Exercise of Inalienable Rights of Palestinian People, since 1987. Board directors Amnesty International United States of America, 1988-1992. General agent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina International Court Justice with E&P Powers, 1993-1994.
Atty of record E&P Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, since 2000. Chechen ambassador to Norway, 2004-2005. Member American Society International Law (ad hoc guidelines committee 1978-1980, Lieber group on laws of war since 1979), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (certified of merit and prize in biology).