
- •Contents
- •Introduction to the fourth edition
- •From the introduction to the first edition
- •Table of cases
- •Table of treaties
- •Table of Security Council and General Assembly resolutions
- •Abbreviations
- •1 What is war?
- •2 The course of war
- •3 A historical perspective of the legal status of war
- •5 The criminality of war of aggression
- •6 Controversial consequences of the change in the legal status of war
- •7 The concept of self-defence
- •8 The modality of individual self-defence
- •9 Collective self-defence
- •10 Collective security
- •Conclusion
- •Index of persons
- •Index of subjects

Table of Security Council and General Assembly resolutions
T AB LE OF S ECU RI TY CO UN CIL |
674 |
(1990) |
107 |
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RES O LU TION S |
678 |
(1990) |
31, 166, 210, 273–4, 276, 296, |
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298–300 |
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49 (1948) |
51 |
686 |
(1991) |
274 |
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50 (1948) |
51, 54 |
687 |
(1991) |
53, 58, 107, 242, 274, 296, |
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53 (1948) |
51 |
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299, 308 |
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54 (1948) |
51, 52, 289, 293 |
688 |
(1991) |
297 |
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56 (1948) |
51 |
689 |
(1991) |
274, 308 |
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59 (1948) |
51 |
692 |
(1991) |
107 |
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61 (1948) |
51 |
707 |
(1991) |
58 |
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62 (1948) |
51 |
713 |
(1991) |
302–3 |
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82 (1950) |
153, 292 |
731 |
(1992) |
321–2 |
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83 (1950) |
154, 292 |
733 |
(1992) |
301–2 |
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84 (1950) |
154, 293 |
748 |
(1992) |
165, 282, 301–2, 321–3 |
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95 (1951) |
45 |
757 |
(1992) |
165, 301–3 |
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161 |
(1961) |
293 |
781 |
(1992) |
302 |
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188 |
(1964) |
229 |
787 |
(1992) |
303 |
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199 |
(1964) |
311 |
788 |
(1992) |
301–2 |
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217 |
(1965) |
311 |
794 |
(1992) |
303 |
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232 |
(1966) |
293–4 |
807 |
(1993) |
301 |
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233 |
(1967) |
52, 55 |
808 |
(1993) |
121 |
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234 |
(1967) |
52, 55 |
816 |
(1993) |
303, 312 |
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235 |
(1967) |
52, 55 |
827 |
(1993) |
121 |
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270 |
(1969) |
229 |
836 |
(1993) |
308–9, 312 |
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338 |
(1973) |
55 |
837 |
(1993) |
308 |
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353 |
(1974) |
293 |
841 |
(1993) |
287, 301–2 |
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386 |
(1976) |
282 |
883 |
(1993) |
321–2 |
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405 |
(1977) |
293–4 |
917 |
(1994) |
165 |
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418 |
(1977) |
293–4 |
918 |
(1994) |
301–2 |
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502 |
(1982) |
292, 293 |
929 |
(1994) |
303 |
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505 |
(1982) |
52 |
940 |
(1994) |
287, 303 |
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508 |
(1982) |
214 |
942 |
(1994) |
302 |
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509 |
(1982) |
214 |
955 |
(1994) |
121 |
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514 |
(1982) |
52 |
1035 (1995) |
313 |
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546 |
(1984) |
293 |
1054 (1996) |
301 |
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598 |
(1987) |
52, 214, 240, 292–3 |
1070 (1996) |
302 |
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660 |
(1990) |
165, 273–4, 294, 296 |
1078 (1996) |
301 |
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661 |
(1990) |
165, 273, 275, 282, 294–6 |
1088 (1996) |
313 |
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662 |
(1990) |
89 |
1101 (1997) |
301, 309 |
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665 |
(1990) |
273, 295, 306 |
1125 (1997) |
301 |
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669 |
(1990) |
282 |
1127 (1997) |
287, 301–2 |
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670 |
(1990) |
295–6 |
1132 (1997) |
301–2 |
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Security Council resolutions |
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xxi |
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1160 |
(1998) |
302 |
1484 |
(2003) |
302–4 |
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1192 |
(1998) |
322–3 |
1506 |
(2003) |
323 |
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1199 |
(1998) |
301, 314 |
1511 |
(2003) |
300 |
|
1203 |
(1998) |
314 |
1529 |
(2004) |
302 |
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1227 |
(1999) |
288 |
1540 |
(2004) |
287 |
|
1244 |
(1999) |
314 |
1545 |
(2004) |
302, 309 |
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1264 |
(1999) |
301, 303 |
1546 |
(2004) |
300 |
|
1267 |
(1999) |
236, 301–2 |
1556 |
(2004) |
302–3 |
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1289 |
(2000) |
307 |
1572 |
(2004) |
303 |
|
1291 |
(2000) |
301 |
1575 |
(2004) |
313 |
|
1298 |
(2000) |
288, 301–2 |
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1343 |
(2001) |
301–3 |
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1363 |
(2001) |
301–2 |
TABLE OF G EN ERAL AS S EMBLY |
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1368 |
(2001) |
204, 207, 285–6 |
R ES OL UT IO NS |
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1373 |
(2001) |
204, 207, 285–6 |
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1377 |
(2001) |
285 |
95 (I) (1946) 123 |
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1386 |
(2001) |
303 |
177 (II) (1947) 123 |
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1438 |
(2002) |
285 |
377 (V) (1950) 315–17 |
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1440 |
(2002) |
285 |
2625 |
(XXV) (1970) 45, 69–70, 93, 124, |
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1441 |
(2002) |
58–9, 298–9 |
130, 169–70, 202, 229 |
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1450 |
(2002) |
285 |
2793 |
(XXVI) (1971) 53–4 |
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1464 |
(2003) |
302, 304 |
3314 (XXIX) (1974) 70, 124–31, 136, 170, |
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1465 |
(2003) |
285 |
184, 188–9, 193, 196, 200–3, 283 |
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1483 |
(2003) |
300 |
42/22 (1987) 94 |

Abbreviations
AC |
Appeal Cases |
AD |
Annual Digest and Reports of Public International |
|
Law Cases |
AFDI |
Annuaire Franc¸ais de Droit International |
AIDI |
Annuaire de l’Institut de Droit International |
AJICL |
Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law |
AJIL |
American Journal of International Law |
ALR |
Alberta Law Review |
APSR |
American Political Science Review |
ARIEL |
Austrian Review of International and European Law |
ASJG |
Acta Scandinavica Juris Gentium |
AUILR |
American University International Law Review |
AUJILP |
American University Journal of International Law |
|
and Policy |
AYBIL |
Australian Year Book of International Law |
All ER |
All England Law Reports |
Amer.ULR |
American University Law Review |
Ar.V. |
Archiv des Vo¨lkerrechts |
Auck.ULR |
Auckland University Law Review |
BFSP |
British and Foreign State Papers |
BJIL |
Brooklyn Journal of International Law |
BYBIL |
British Year Book of International Law |
CJTL |
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law |
CLP |
Current Legal Problems |
CTS |
Consolidated Treaty Series |
CWILJ |
California Western International Law Journal |
CWRJIL |
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law |
CYIL |
Canadian Yearbook of International Law |
Cam.LJ |
Cambridge Law Journal |
Col.LR |
Columbia Law Review |
Cor.LR |
Cornell Law Review |
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List of abbreviations |
xxiii |
|
DJCIL |
Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law |
|
DJILP |
Denver Journal of International Law and Policy |
|
DLJ |
Denver Law Journal |
|
DSB |
Department of State Bulletin |
|
EJIL |
European Journal of International Law |
|
EPIL |
Encyclopedia of Public International Law |
|
|
(R. Bernhardt ed., 1992–2000). |
|
F. |
Federal |
|
For.Aff. |
Foreign Affairs |
|
GJICL |
Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law |
|
GYIL |
German Yearbook of International Law |
|
HICLR |
Hastings International and Comparative Law Review |
|
HILJ |
Harvard International Law Journal |
|
HJIL |
Houston Journal of International Law |
|
Hague |
The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and |
|
Conventions |
1907 (J. B. Scott ed., 3rd ed., 1918) |
|
Har.LR |
Harvard Law Review |
|
Hof.LR |
Hofstra Law Review |
|
HJLPP |
Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy |
|
ICJ Rep. |
Reports of the International Court of Justice |
|
ICLQ |
International and Comparative Law Quarterly |
|
IJIL |
Indian Journal of International Law |
|
ILC Ybk |
Yearbook of the International Law Commission |
|
ILM |
International Legal Materials |
|
ILQ |
International Law Quarterly |
|
ILR |
International Law Reports |
|
ILS |
International Law Studies |
|
IMT |
Trial of Major War Criminals before the International |
|
|
Military Tribunal |
|
IRRC |
International Review of the Red Cross |
|
IYHR |
Israel Yearbook on Human Rights |
|
IYIL |
Italian Yearbook of International Law |
|
Int.Aff. |
International Affairs |
|
Int.Con. |
International Conciliation |
|
Int.Law. |
International Lawyer |
|
Int.Leg. |
International Legislation: A Collection of the Texts of |
|
|
Multipartite International Instruments of General |
|
|
Interest (M. O. Hudson ed., 1931–50) |
|
Int.Rel. |
International Relations |
|
Io.LR |
Iowa Law Review |
|
Is.LR |
Israel Law Review |
|
JCSL |
Journal of Conflict and Security Law |
|
xxiv |
List of abbreviations |
|
JILE |
|
Journal of International Law and Economics |
JPP |
|
Journal of Political Philosophy |
JYIL |
|
Jewish Yearbook of International Law |
Jur.R. |
|
Juridical Review |
Ken.LJ |
|
Kentucky Law Journal |
LCP |
|
Law and Contemporary Problems |
LJIL |
|
Leiden Journal of International Law |
LNTS |
|
League of Nations Treaty Series |
LQR |
|
Law Quarterly Review |
LRTWC |
Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals |
|
MPYUNL |
Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law |
|
Mar.JILT |
Maryland Journal of International Law and Trade |
|
Mer.LR |
|
Mercer Law Review |
Mich.JIL |
Michigan Journal of International Law |
|
Mich.LR |
Michigan Law Review |
|
Mil.LR |
|
Military Law Review |
Mod.LR |
Modern Law Review |
|
NCLR |
|
North Carolina Law Review |
NDLR |
|
Notre Dame Law Review |
NILR |
|
Netherlands International Law Review |
NJIL |
|
Nordic Journal of International Law |
NMT |
|
Trials of War Criminals before the Nuernberg Military |
|
|
Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10 |
NWCR. |
Naval War College Review |
|
NYIL |
|
Netherlands Yearbook of International Law |
NYLSJICL |
New York Law School Journal of International and |
|
|
|
Comparative Law |
NYUJILP |
New York University Journal of International Law |
|
|
|
and Politics |
PASIL |
|
Proceedings of the American Society of International |
|
|
Law |
PSQ |
|
Political Science Quarterly |
PYIL |
|
Pace Yearbook of International Law |
Peace |
|
Major Peace Treaties of Modern History 1648–1967 |
Treaties |
(F. L. Israel ed., 1967) |
|
RBDI |
|
Revue Belge de Droit International |
RCADI |
|
Recueil des Cours de l’Acade´mie de Droit International |
RDSC |
|
Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council |
REDI |
|
Revue Egyptienne de Droit International |
RGA |
|
Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly |
RGDIP |
|
Revue Ge´ne´rale de Droit International Public |
List of abbreviations |
xxv |
|
RIAA |
Reports of International Arbitral Awards |
|
RIDP |
Revue Internationale de Droit Pe´nal |
|
RSIDMDG |
Recueils de la Socie´te Internationale de Droit Militaire |
|
|
et de Droit de la Guerre |
|
SDILJ |
San Diego International Law Journal |
|
SDLR |
San Diego Law Review |
|
SIULJ |
Southern Illinois University Law Journal |
|
SJIL |
Stanford Journal of International Law |
|
SJILC |
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce |
|
SJLR |
St. John’s Law Review |
|
Sp. |
Special |
|
Supp. |
Supplement |
|
TGS |
Transactions of the Grotius Society |
|
TICLJ |
Temple International and Comparative Law Journal |
|
TILJ |
Texas International Law Journal |
|
Tul.LR |
Tulane Law Review |
|
UCLR |
University of Chicago Law Review |
|
ULR |
Utah Law Review |
|
UNJY |
United Nations Juridical Yearbook |
|
UNTS |
United Nations Treaty Series |
|
UTLR |
University of Toledo Law Review |
|
VJIL |
Virginia Journal of International Law |
|
VJTL |
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law |
|
Vill.LR |
Villanova Law Review |
|
Vir.LR |
Virginia Law Review |
|
WCR |
World Court Reports (M. O. Hudson ed., 1934–43) |
|
WILJ |
Wisconsin International Law Journal |
|
WLLR |
Washington and Lee Law Review |
|
WVLR |
West Virginia Law Review |
|
YBWA |
Year Book of World Affairs |
|
YJIL |
Yale Journal of International Law |
|
YLJ |
Yale Law Journal |
|
ZAORV |
¨ |
|
Zeitschrift fu¨ r Ausla¨ndisches Offentliches Recht und |
Vo¨lkerrecht
Part I
The legal nature of war