League of Nations

Mirko Sossai

Chapter 10 in Elgar Encyclopedia of International Sanctions, 2025, pp 36-38 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Founded after the First World War, the League of Nations aimed at promoting international cooperation and ensuring global peace and security. In its Article 16, the Covenant of the League provided for two kinds of sanctions: expulsion as a general sanction for any violation of its obligations, and special sanctions, of both economic and military character, for breaches of the Covenant resulting in illegally resorting to war. While that provision represented a shift toward collective security, its implementation faced challenges. Political considerations often constrained their application, with the sole concrete experiment being the sanctions imposed on Italy following its invasion of Abyssinia. The League's sanction system proved ineffective due to its lack of universality, absence of a centralized authority, and reliance on member states’ discretion. These shortcomings contributed to the League's failure, prompting significant changes in the design of its successor, the United Nations.

Keywords: Boycott; Ethiopia; Italy; League of Nations; Economic weapon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035339525
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.elgaronline.com/doi/10.4337/9781035339532.00018 (application/pdf)
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 403 Forbidden

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:23591_11

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.e-elgar.com

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Jack Sweeney ().