The Decision of a Legal Dilemma
The third part addresses the third research question; namely by whom and how should a legal dilemma be decided? The first section focusses mainly on the introduction and description of the three elements of the book’s proposal: a dilemmatic declaration, a sovereign decision, and the acceptance of responsibility for any decision taken. The second and third section then defend the proposal against various objections. First, various theoretical objections relating to the law of non-contradiction, the ‘ought implies can’ maxim, and the monopoly of violence will be considered. Subsequently, the final section of this third part considers more practical concerns related to the jurisdiction of international courts, sovereign decisionism, and the potential unfairness of the proposed method for addressing dilemmatic circumstances.