TY - BOOK AU - DINSTEIN Yoram TI - War, aggression and self defense SN - 0521465265 (hbk.): PY - 1994/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge Univ Press KW - DECLARATION OF WAR KW - LAW OF WAR N2 - 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 ER -