Selected provisions from Chapters I, VI, VII of the United Nations Charter

 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 82 - 84 (1950)

 M. S. McDougal & R. N. Gardner, The Veto and the Charter: An Interpretation for Survival, 60 Yale L. J. 258 (1951).

 J. L. Kunz, Legality of the Security Council Resolutions of June 25 and 27, 1950, 45 Am. J. Int. L. 137 (1951).

 A. E. Stevenson, "Korea in Perspective" 30(3) Foreign Affairs 349 (1952).

 N. Kogan, United Nations - Agent of Collective Security? 61 Yale L. J. 1 (1951).

 J. Stone, Legal Controls of International Conflict 228 (1954).

 D. W. Bowett, United Nations Forces 29 (1964).

 E. C. Hoyt, The United States Reaction to the Korean Attack, 55 Am. J. Int. L. 45 (1961).

 In Retrospect: A Contemporary Korean View

 M. Kim, The Korean War and International Law 53 (1991).

 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 82 - 84 (1950);

 M. S. McDougal & R. N. Gardner, The Veto and the Charter: An Interpretation for Survival, 60 Yale L. J. 258 (1951);

 N. Kogan, United Nations - Agent of Collective Security? 61 Yale L. J. 1 (1951).

 J. Stone, Legal Controls of International Conflict 228 (1954).

1) Did UN Security Council Resolutions 82 - 84 justify outside military intervention in Korea?

a. Categorization: Was this an international breach of peace or just a civil war?

b. Justification: Were the United States and its allies acting in Korea out of a legitimate form of collective self-defense? An international police force authorized, tolerated or not able to be stopped by the United Nations?

2) Was there a relevant binding Resolution issued by the Security Council?

a. Validity: What affect, if any, did the absence of the USSR and Chinese delegations have on the validity of those Resolutions?

b. Membership: What affect, if any, does a UN Charter have on non-Members of the UN Charter (i.e., North Korea)?

3) Please consider the relevant provisions in the United Nations Charter that would prohibit, justify or tolerate the United States' use of force in Korea.