War, aggression and self defense
- 2nd ed
- New York: Cambridge Univ Press, 1994
- 357p.
Study of the international legal system as it relates to war and inter state conflict. The book is arranged in three parts: Part 1 considers the legal nature of war including definitions and the courses of war; Part 2 on the illegality of war deals with the general prohibition in international law on the use of force in international relations; Part 3 covers exceptions to the prohibition of use of force and in particular the concept of self defence.