Anticipatory Action in Self-Defence

Essence and Limits under International Law
2011
ISBN: 978-90-6704-996-2
Verlag: T.M.C. Asser Press

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 557 g

Comprehensive, historical and legal analysis on preemptive strikes.

Focus on temporal dimension and anticipatory aspect of self-defence.

Incorporates essence and limits of preemptive strikes into accessible formula.

Compares the temporal issue in cases such as the Cuban missile crisis (1962), the Israeli bombing of the Osirak reactor (1981) and the US war against Iraq (2003).

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tibori Szabó, Kinga

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.-

Part I: Pre-Charter Customary Law on Self-Defence.

2 Self-defence in ancient and medieval natural law.

3 Self-defence as a measure short of war.         

4 Self-defence as an exception to the prohibition of war.          

5 The right of self-defence and the drafting of the UN Charter.

6 The temporal dimension of self-defence at the time of the Charter.-

Part II: Post-Charter Customary Law on Self-Defence.

7 The right of self-defence in the Judgments of the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals.

8 Self-defence in state-to-state conflicts.

9 Self-defence and weapons of mass destruction.

10 Self-defence against non-state actors.

11 The interpretation of self-defence and the United Nations.

12 The temporal dimension of post-Charter self-defence.-

Part III: Anticipatory Action in Self-Defence and International Customary Law.

13 The legality of anticipatory action in self-defence.

14 The limits of anticipatory action in self-defence.