Includes bibliographical references and index.

Too Much History: From War as a Sanction to the Sanctioning of War / Randall Lesaffer -- The Limitations of Traditional Rules and Institutions Relating to the Use of Force / James Crawford, Rowan Nicholson -- Feminist Perspectives on the Law on the Use of Force / Gina Heathcote -- Changing Jus Cogens through State Practice?—the Case of the Prohibition of the Use of Force / Alexander Orakhelashvili -- Reconfiguring the UN System of Collective Security / Niels Blokker -- When the Security Council is Divided: Imprecise Authorizations, Implied Mandates and the Unreasonable Veto / Ian Johnstone -- United Nations Security Council Practice in Relation to Use of Force in No-Fly Zones and Maritime Exclusion Zones / Rob McLaughlin -- Military Sanctions Enforcement in the Absence of Express Authorization? / Penelope Nevill -- The Relationship between the UN Security Council and General Assembly in Matters of International Peace and Security / Nigel D. White -- Regional Organizations and Arrangements and their Relationship with the African Union: the case of the African Union / Erika De Wet -- Use of Force:Justiciability and Admissibility / Mark Weisburd -- The Use of Force in Complex Peace-keeping and Governance Operations / Scott Sheeran -- Mandated to Protect: Security Council Practice on the Protection of Civilians / Haidi Willmot, Ralph Mamiya -- Self-defence, Protection of Humanitarian Values and the Doctrine of Impartiality and Neutrality in Enforcement Mandates / Nicholas Tsagourias -- Transparency, Accountability and Responsibility for Internationally Mandated Operations / Charlotte Ku -- 'Failures to Protect' in International Law / André Nollkaemper -- Intervention, Armed Intervention, Armed Attack, Threat to Peace, Act of Aggression and Threat or Use of Force—What's the Difference / Jan Klabbers -- The Prohibition of the Use of Force and Non-intervention: Ambition and Practice in the OAS Region / Jean Michel Arrighi -- The Crime of Aggression at the International Criminal Court / Sean D. Murphy -- The Prohibition of the Use of Force in Arbitrations and Fact-Finding Reports / Vaios Koutroulis -- The Resilience of the Restrictive Rules on Self-defence / Joerg Kammerhofer -- Self-defence and Collective Security: Key Distinctions / Sir Michael Wood -- Taming the Doctrine of Preemption / Ashley Deeks -- Can Non-state Actors Mount an Armed Attack? / Kimberley Trapp -- The Problem of Imminence in an Uncertain World / Noam Lubell -- Action against Host States of Terrorist Groups / Lindsay Moir -- When Does Self-defence End? / Terry Gill -- Theatre of Operations / Jean Christophe Martin -- Humanitarian Intervention / Nigel S. Rodley -- Pro-democratic Action / David Wippman -- Intervention by Invitation / Gregory H. Fox -- Necessity / Olivier Corten -- Retaliation and Reprisal / Shane Darcy -- Hot Pursuit / Bill Gilmore -- The Threat of the Use of Force and Ultimata / Anne Lagerwall, François Dubuisson -- Blockades and Interdictions / Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg -- Rescuing Nationals Abroad / Mathias Forteau -- Peace Settlements and the Prohibition of the Use of Force / Martin Wählisch -- The Effects of a State of War or Armed Conflict / Marina Mancini -- Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Shipping Interdictions / Guglielmo Verdirame, Vasco Becker Weinberg -- The Implications of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction for the Prohibition of the Use of Force / Daniel Joyner -- The Use of Force Against Pirates / Douglas Guilfoyle -- The Changing Environment and Emerging Resource Conflicts / Marco Pertile -- Remotely Piloted Warfare as a Challenge to the <i>Ius ad Bellum</i> / Jordan Paust -- Private Military Companies and the <i>Ius ad Bellum</i> / Ian Ralby -- <i>Jus Cogens</i> and the Use of Armed Force / Andre de Hoogh -- The Relationship between <i>Jus ad Bellum</i> and <i>Jus in Bello</i> / Okimoto Keichiro -- Introduction: International Law and the Problem of War / Marc Weller.

This handbook is a comprehensive and authoritative study of the modern law on the use of force. Over 50 experts in the field offer a detailed analysis, and to an extent a restatement, of the law in this area. It reviews the status of the law on the use of force and assesses what changes, if any, have occurred as a result of recent developments and offers cutting-edge and up-to-date scholarship on all major aspects of the prohibition of the use of force.

Specialized.

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