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A Conceptual Framework for Sanctions

In: Western Trade Pressure on the Soviet Union

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  • David W. Hunter

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The term sanction originates from an expression of ancient Roman law, and connotes the penalty for a crime.1 A different, more value-neutral definition of sanction prevails under contemporary concepts of international relations. Values are irrelevant to state action except to justify for propaganda purposes a state’s unique interests or pattern of behavior. Sanctions are not defined as punishment of crime, or righting of wrong, since a crime presupposes the existence of a framework or system of law.2 Instead, sanctions are conceptually contained as amoral attempts by states to manipulate human values, with the purpose of achieving political ends.3

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  • David W. Hunter, 1991. "A Conceptual Framework for Sanctions," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Western Trade Pressure on the Soviet Union, chapter 4, pages 41-52, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-12002-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12002-4_4
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