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12 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 101 (1979)
Force under Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter: The Question of Economic and Political Coercion

handle is hein.journals/vantl12 and id is 119 raw text is: FORCE UNDER ARTICLE 2(4) OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER: THE QUESTION OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL COERCION TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ............................... 101 II. HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATION ...... 102 III. THE TRADITIONAL VIEW ....................... 103 IV. THE THIRD WORLD VIEW ...................... 108 V. TRADITIONAL VERSUS THIRD WORLD: WHO WINS? .. 114 VI. CAN EFFECTIVE RULES BE DRAFTED? ........... 118 VII. SHOULD ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FORCE BE REGULATED? ... ............................... 123 VIII. PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PRINCIPLES .... 128 IX. CONCLUSION ... ............................... 130 I. INTRODUCTION Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter declares that: All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations. Since the adoption of this article the meaning of the word force has been disputed by political leaders and delegates to the United Nations. Invariably these disputes have centered on whether the prohibition against the threat or use of force in article 2(4) ap- plies only to the threat or use of military force or extends to the threat or use of political and economic force as well. Prompted in some instances by the economic and political coer- cion of the Arab oil boycott, international scholars have begun to study the legal definition of the term force, as it is used in article 2(4). After examining the history of international regulation of the use of force, this note will compare the legal arguments enunciated by these scholars and reach its own conclusions with respect to the definition of force. This note will also examine possible approaches to regulating the economic and political use of force and determine if effective principles can be developed. Even if such rules could be developed, this note questions whether the use of economic and political force should be regulated. Finally, it examines the pros-

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