Christian Henderson

The Use of Force and International Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics and practitioners. Fully revised and updated, this new edition provides a contemporary, comprehensive, well-structured, accessible textbook for students studying the use of force, public international law, international politics and international relations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 574
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1159g
• ISBN-13: 9781108831017
• ISBN-10: 110883101X
• Artikelnr.: 66159888

Autorenporträt

Christian Henderson is Professor of International Law at the University of Sussex. He has published several books and many peer-reviewed journal articles on the use of force in international law and is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Prohibition of the Threat or Use of Force: 1. The general breadth and scope of the prohibition
2. The meaning of 'force'
Part II. The Use of Force in the Context of Collective Security: 3. The use of force under the auspices of the United Nations
4. Issues in relation to authorisation by the United Nations Security Council
5. United Nations Peacekeeping and the use of force
Part III. The Use of Force in Self-Defence: 6. General aspects of the right of self-defence
7. Preventative self-defence
8. The use of force against non-state actors
Part IV. Forcible Intervention in Situations of Civil Unrest: 9. Consent to intervention and intervention in civil wars
10. The doctrine of humanitarian intervention
Conclusions.