To what extent do legal norms relating to the use of armed force influence governments' desire to secure Security Council endorsement of their military actions?

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Topic: International Organisations, grade: 1, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, language: English, abstract: In his article on The Political Origins of the UN Security Council’s Ability to Legitimize the Use of Force, Erik Voeten states that the observation of state behavior could lead us to the assumption that it is costly for a state to not...