War, aggression, and self-defence /

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"Yoram Dinstein's influential textbook is an indispensable guide to the legal issues of war and peace, armed attack, self-defence and enforcement measures taken under the aegis of the Security Council. This fifth edition incorporates recent treaties such as the Kampala amendments of the St...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dinstein, Yoram
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Edition:5th ed.
Subjects:
Aggression (International law).
War (International law).
Self-defense (International law).
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The Legal Nature of War: 1. What is war?
  • The course of war
  • Part II. The Illegality of War
  • A historical perspective of the legal status of war
  • The contemporary prohibition of the use of inter-state force
  • The crime of aggression
  • Controversial consequences of the change in the legal status of war
  • Part III. Exceptions to the Prohibition of the Use of Inter-State Force
  • The concept of self-defence
  • The modalities of individual self-defence
  • Collective self-defence
  • Collective security.

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