TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER ONE ; HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION: THE EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA AND PRACTICE ; 1.1 Concept Muddles and Crisis of Definition ; 1.2 History of humanitarian intervention ; 1.3 Humanitarian Intervention in State Practice a1}d Diplomacy ; 1.4 Humanitarian Intervention: Reformation to European concert ; 1.5 Humanitarian Intervention from the European Concert to World War I ; 1.5.1Humanitarian Intervention in Greece 1827-30 ; 1.5.2 Humanitarian intervention in Lebanon 1860-61 ; 1.5.3 Humanitarian intervention in Crete 1866-68 ; 1.5.4 Humanitarian intervention in Bosnia, Herzegovina and Bulgaria 1875-78 ; 1.5.5 Humanitarian intervention in Macedonia 1903-08 ; 1.6 Key features of historical right and institution of humanitarian intervention ; CHAPTER TWO ; BASIS OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION BEFORE & AFTER THE ADVENT OF UN ; 2.1 The Legal Debate on Legitimacy and Legality of Humanitarian Intervention ; 2.1.1 Realist Approach towards Humanitarian Intervention ; 2.1.2 Pluralist Approach towards Humanitarian Intervention ; 2.1.3. Solidarist Approach towards Humanitarian Intervention ; 2.1.4 Contemporary Approach towards Humanitarian Intervention ; 2.2 State Practice, Judicial Pronouncements and Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention ; 2.3 Humanitarian Intervention and United Nations: Legal Insight, Analysis and Emerging Trends on Legality ; 2.3.1 Domestic Jurisdiction & Intervention & Sovereignty ; 2.3.2 The Principle of Non-Intervention ; 2.3.3 The Principle of Non-Use of Force ; CHAPTER THREE ; HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION & HUMAN RIGHTS :CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE OF JUSTIFYING INTERVENTION IN THE NAME OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE POST COLD WAR ERA ; 3.1 Current Practice of humanitarian Intervention: A tool to lift the veil of sovereignty ; 3.2 Humanitarian intervention in the name of human rights: the problem of selective application ; 3.3 Humanitarian Intervention in Post cold war era: An attempt to put Humanitarian clothes on Intervention conducted primarily for fulfillment of National Interest; 3.4 Contemporary practice of humanitarian intervention and reflections of humanitarian Imperialism ; CHAPTER FOUR ; HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION: AN IMPERIALISTIC PRACTICE IN NEW WORLD ORDER; 4.1 The Modem International Law and the Principle of Prohibition on Use of Force; 4.2 The Revival of Interventionism with an Imperialistic Wedge in the Post Cold War Era ; 4.3 The Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention and The Revival Of The Jus Ad Bellum; Crises For Survival Of International Law ; CHAPTER FIVE ; HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION: A CASE FOR JUSTIFYING UNCALLED MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAQ ; 5.1 Security Council Resolutions: A Feeble Ground to Legally Authorize Use of Force in Iraq in 2003; 5.2 Justifying Uncalled Intervention in Name of Self Defense and Material Breach of UN Resolutions: A Search for Legality By Coalition Forces ; 5.3 Selling Wars in The Name Of Self Defense: Iraq War A Cloaked Humanitarian Intervention ; CHAPTER SIX; HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION; LADDERS TO CLIMB BRIDGES TO CROSS ; 6.1 Issues and Concerns Relating To Humanitarian Intervention ; 6.2 Inadequacy of the Present United Nation System ; 6.3 Need For New Mechanism and Means ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY.