ABSTRACT
Edmund Burke’s anti-revolutionary political philosophy has held enduring interest for historians, political theorists, and political actors. One central claim within it was that not only must revolutionary France be militarily defeated, but the regime extirpated and an ancien regime restored.1 This policy required, contrary
to post-Westphalian convention, the assertion of a right of intervention in the domestic arrangements of another country.2 The theoretical basis of his claim has inspired a major school of thought within international relations3 and the claim of right to such intervention has again been urged in the international arena.
