Article 51 in no way covers imminent threats, and international law does not confer any legitimacy on the dangerous doctrine of preemption. |
We proclaim a new doctrine of preemption which is understood by few and feared by many. |
He summarized much legal and philosophical argument by specifying four criteria of preemption as self-defense. |
There is no sanction for preemption in the UN Charter, which allows for armed action only in cases of self-defence. |
Except for the right of preemption of the acquirer which remains intangible and which even belongs to farms adjoining the plots for sale. |
Difficulties concerning preemption have proven to be the biggest bugbear for Lewis's theory. |