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THE LEGALITY OF THE IRAQ WAR OF 2003

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Aryan Ghosh

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Aryan Ghosh
University College London

MLA 8
Ghosh, Aryan. "THE LEGALITY OF THE IRAQ WAR OF 2003." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 10, Oct. 2021, pp. 3846-3857, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i10.015. Accessed Oct. 2021.
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Ghosh, A. (2021, October). THE LEGALITY OF THE IRAQ WAR OF 2003. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(10), 3846-3857. Retrieved from doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i10.015
Chicago
Ghosh, Aryan. "THE LEGALITY OF THE IRAQ WAR OF 2003." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 10 (October 2021), 3846-3857. Accessed October, 2021. doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i10.015.

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Abstract:
This paper discusses the legality of the Iraq War of 2003 by examining the ethical and legal nature of the American led intervention and the consequent actions of the United Nations. The essay structures it arguments over the two fundament legal principles of Malum Prohibitum and Malum in Se. It also analysis the overall impact of the war on Middle Eastern geopolitics and domestic American political landscape using historical analysis to understand the ethical conundrums behind the war. The result of this analysis was an formation of an overarching epistemological debate between Law and Ethics.

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