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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Inherent Right of Self-Defence in International Law
  name:
    name part: Alder, Murray Colin.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVIII, 222 p. online resource.
  abstract: Determining the earliest point in time at which international law authorises a state to exercise its inherent right of self-defence is an issue which has been debated, but unsatisfactorily reasoned, by scholars and states since the 1960’s. Yet it remains arguably the most pressing question of law that faces the international community. This book unravels the legal and factual complications which have obscured the answer to this question. In contrast to most other works, it takes an historic approach by tracing the evolution of the rights, rules and principles of international law which have governed the use of force by states since the 16th century. Its emphasis on self-defence provides the reader with a new and complete understanding of how and why the international legal framework limits defensive force to repelling an imminent threat or use of offensive force which is directed at the territory of a state. Taking an historic approach enables this book to resurrect an understanding of the human defensive instinct which has guided the formation of the international law of self-defence. It also explains the true legal nature and scope of the inherent right of self-defence, of anticipatory self-defence and provides a definition of the legal commencement of an armed attack for the purpose of Article 51 of the Charter. Finally, the reader will receive a unique source of research materials and analysis of state practice and of scholarly works concerning self-defence and the use of force since the 16th century, which is suitable for all readers of international law around the world.
  table of contents: Chapter 1 The use of force between states before 1815 – the sovereign right to use war -- Chapter 2 The use of force between states – 1815 to 1914 -- Chapter 3 The use force between states – 1919 to 1939 -- Chapter 4 Charter of the United Nations 1945 -- Chapter 5 The existing scholarly debate and judicial developments in self-defence -- Chapter 6 State practice in self-defence since 1945 -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Documents -- Bibliography -- Books and Texts -- Articles -- Index.
  note: by Murray Colin Alder.
  subject:
    topic: Law
  subject:
    topic: Political science
  subject:
    topic: Law
    topic: Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Private international law
  subject:
    topic: Conflict of laws
  subject:
    topic: International law
  subject:
    topic: Comparative law
  subject:
    topic: Law
  subject:
    topic: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy of Law
  subject:
    topic: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History
  classification: K7000-7720.22
  classification: K7073-7078
  classification: 340.9
  classification: 340.2
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      title: Springer eBooks
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  identifier: 9789400748514
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4851-4
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    record creation date: 120921
    record change date: 20151030061338.0
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