International Law

Publicity in International Lawmaking: Covert Operations and the Use of Force

By Marie Aronsson-Storrier
Cambridge University Press December 2025

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ISBN-13
9781108714501
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
December 2025
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book explores how best to recalibrate our understanding of international lawmaking through the lens of increased reporting and legal debate around covert and quasi-covert uses of force.

Recent changes in practice and communication call for closer attention to be paid to the requirement of publicity for state practice, since they challenge the perception of the concepts 'public' and 'covert', and thus raise questions as to the impact that covert and quasi-covert acts do and should have on the development of international law. It is argued that, in order to qualify as such practice, acts must be both publicly known and acknowledged. The book further examines how state silence around covert and quasi-covert operations has opened up significant space for legal scholars and other experts to influence the development of international law.

Table of Contents

Introduction
2. The use of force and the scope for dynamic development
3. Customary international law and the requirement of publicity
4. Quasi-covert operations and the identification of claims
5. Unacknowledged operations
6. Concluding remarks
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