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War, aggression and self-defense

Yoram Dinstein (Author)
"Yoram Dinstein's book is a guide to the legal issues of war and peace, armed attack and self-defense. This third edition incorporates new materials on the Kosovo air campaign, "humanitarian intervention," recent Security Council resolutions, the latest pronouncements of the International Court of Justice, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. This comprehensive introduction to the legal issues surrounding war and self-defense continues to be a tool for students and practitioners of international law, international relations and military studies."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2001
Third edition View all formats and editions
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 2001
xxviii, 300 pages ; 24 cm
9780521793445, 9780521797580, 0521793440, 0521797586
44972138
Machine derived contents note: Part I. The Legal Nature of War: 1. What is war? 2. The course of war
Part II. The Illegality of War: 3. An historical perspective of the legal status of war
4. The contemporary prohibition of the use of interstate force
5. The criminality of war of aggression
6. Controversial consequences of the change in the legal status of war
Part III. Exceptions to the Prohibition of the Use of Interstate Force: 7. The concept of self-defence
8. The modality of individual self-defence
9. Collective self-defence
10. Collective security