Collective Security

Collective security in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of collective security.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• collective security in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• collective security in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Definition of Collective Security

In the context of international law, the legal resource A Dictionary of Law, provides a definition of Collective Security : The centralized system of international rules, now embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, that governs the collective resort to force under the authority of the United Nations for the purpose of maintaining or restoring international peace and security. An example is the action by the international community during the Gulf War of 1991. It should be noted that the precise legal justification of this conflict is uncertain, the UN Security Council Resolution 678 stating only that its legal basis was under *Chapter VII of the UN Charter.

See also enforcement action.

A power management system calling for preponderant force by a gathering of states to stop an aggressor, as provided for in the un charter.

A power management system calling for preponderant force by a gathering of states to stop an aggressor, as provided for in the un charter.