Abstract
This paper analyzes recent developments in the intervention in Libya from the perspective of international relations and international law. The evidence suggests that states decided to intervene in Libya prior to sanction from the United Nations Security Council's Resolution 1973. The implication from the Libyan example is that politics was the impetus for the formulation and implementation of law, and not the other way around. Law happens in a context, and this context is shaped and bounded by international politics. This article is intended to invigorate further research into how international politics influences the creation, interpretation, and application of international law. This article is available in Journal of Strategic Security: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol5/iss2/11 Journal of Strategic Security Volume 5 Issue 2 2012, pp. 105-112 DOI: 10.5038/1944-0472.5.2.6 Journal of Strategic Security (c) 2012 ISSN: 1944-0464 eISSN: 1944-0472 105 Libya and Resolution 1973: The Law of Politics Monica Naime Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva)
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