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23 Tul. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 1 (2014-2015)
The Constitutionality and Advancement of International Humanitarian Ideals in Libya by NATO and United States' Operations Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector

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  TULANE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL
            AND COMPARATIVE LAW

VOLUME23                 WINTER 2014                    No. 1



     The Constitutionality and Advancement
  of International Humanitarian Ideals in Libya
     by NATO and United States' Operations
       Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector

                     Richard A.C. Alton*
                     Jason Reed Strublet

I.   INTRODUCTION                     .......................................... 2
II. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF LIBYA LEADING TO THE
     INITIATION OF OPERATION ODYSSEY DAWN.......................... 3
     A. A BriefHistory ofLibya        .........    ...............3
     B. Key Events and Decisions Leading Up to the
         Initiation of Operation Odyssey Dawn.... ..................7
     C   Operation Odyssey Dawn.......................9
     D. Operation Unified Protector....................... 10
III. AUTHORITY To MAKE WAR.............................. 13
IV. OPERATION ODYSSEY DAWN WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND
     VIOLATED THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION................... 16
V. OPERATION ODYSSEY DAWN CANNOT BE LEGALLY
     JUSTIFIED UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AS A
     HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION       ............ ................ 19
     A. The Necessity Citerion.   .................. ..... 22
     B. The Proportionality Citeion  ......................... 23
     C   The Purpose Citeinon.........................25


     C 2014 Richard A.C. Alton and Jason Reed Struble.
     *  J.D. with International Law Certificate, The Florida State University College of Law;
 B.A., History, George Mason University.
    t   J.D. with International Law Certificate, The Florida State University College of Law;
 M.B.A., International Business and Management, The University of Toledo College of Business
 Administration; B.S., Eastern Michigan University.
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