The Inherent Right of Self-Defence in International Law

• Main Author: Alder, Murray Colin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice ; 19
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Philosophy of Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.

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 th...

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.