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Outside view of Ochre Court balcony
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Exterior windows of Ochre Court
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Side windows of Ochre Court
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Antone Academic Center seen through a fence
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Side view of Founders Hall with a large tree
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The rise and fall of the Union of Islamic Courts
No full textThis dissertation examines the reasons behind the rise and fall of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) in Somalia. The UIC was born out of the chaos of the Warlord Era in Southern Somalia from within the fabric of Somali Society. The peace and stability that the UIC brought to the region had not been seen since before the fall of Said Barre\u27s regime. However, the rapid martial expansion of the UIC and the perceived threat caused by their success resulted in Ethiopia invading Somalia thereby destroying the UIC and spawning the al-Shabaab movement.
Salvaging the Caroline: An examination of states use of force in self-defense against non-state actors
No full textGiven the prevalence of instant and often overwhelming punditry via radio, TV, and the Internet this dissertation seeks to parse, to the extent possible, opinion and politics from fact with regard to the preemptive application of force in self-defense within the international system. Too often have commentators, learned and political, resorted in their analysis to what should be in direct contrast to what has been or what is. This dissertation aims to lay bare the foundations of the modern regime governing recourse to force in self-defense via a careful examination of primary sources; a through legal-historical analysis of customary law, states practice, Opinio Juris, and travaux préparatoires; and the judicious use of illustrative case studies. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it