War and the law: the inside story.

Offers analysis of the legal foundations for British Prime Minister Tony Blair's involvement in the 2003 Iraq War. Concerns of Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith about the legality of the occupation of Iraq; Attempts of Blair to convince United States President George W. Bush to seek a United Nations resolution for an attack; Inquiry into pre-war intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction; Role of Christopher Greenwood, professor of international law at the London School of Economics, as an advocate of humanitarian intervention; Warning by Goldsmith that without a United Nations mandate, all attempts at postwar reconstruction of Iraq would be unlawful.