"The chapters in this book were originally commissioned for the September 18-19, 1992 CNSS conference on Constitutional Government and Military Intervention after the Cold War, held at and cosponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center"--Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Gary M. Stern and Morton H. Halperin -- Historical survey of the war powers and the use of force / Louis Fisher -- Constitutional constraints: the war clause / Peter Raven-Hansen -- Statutory constraints: the war powers resolution / Ellen C. Collier -- Treaty constraints: the United Nations Charter and war powers / Jane E. Stromseth -- International law constraints / Jules Lobel -- Judicial constraints: the courts and war powers / Harold Hongju Koh -- Constraints on "Covert" paramilitary action / Gregory F. Treverton -- "Covert" paramilitary action and war powers / Gary M. Stern and Morton H. Halperin -- Emergency war powers / John Norton Moore -- Common ground / Gary M. Stern and Morton H. Halperin