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

This volume of essays examines the development of political and legal thinking regarding the use of force in international relations. It provides an analysis of

Provides a multi-perspective study of the international law on self-defence against non-State actors.

Examines the difficulties in applying international law to recent armed conflicts known as 'new wars'.

Self-defense and the right to go to war. Originally published: New York: Praeger, [1958]. xv, 294 pp. Bowett observes that the use or threat of force by any sta