International law and the use of force: cases and materials

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Outline contents -- Detailed contents -- Legal tables -- Introduction -- 1 The history of the ius ad bellum -- I Just war theory -- II War as a sovereign right -- Henry Wheaton, Elements of International Law (Stevens and Sons 1836/1904), excerpts from Chapter II -- Robert Phillimore, Commentaries on International Law. Vol. I (T. & -- J. W. Johnson 1854), CXLIV, CXLVI -- W. E. Hall, Treatise on International Law (4th edn, Clarendon Press, 1895), pp. 57 and 297 -- John Westlake, International Law. Part I: Peace (Cambridge University Press 1904), pp. 298f, 305 -- Lassa Oppenheim, International Law: A Treatise. Vol. I: Peace (Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905), 129f -- Lassa Oppenheim, International Law: A Treatise. Vol. II: War (Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905), 50, 53 and 54 et seq. -- III The Hague Peace Conferences -- IV The League of Nations and the inter­war period -- The Covenant of the League of Nations, Articles 10-16 -- The 1928 Kellogg­Briand Pact -- V The first decades of the UN Charter -- VI From the "Liberal World Order" to great power politics -- 2 The prohibition of the threat or use of force -- I Introduction -- A Article 2(4) UN Charter -- B The Friendly Relations Declaration -- C The Helsinki Final Act -- II Case law and Advisory Opinions -- A The Nicaragua case -- B Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v Uganda) paras 148f, 151-153, 160-165 -- C The Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion, paras 34-39, 47f, 98-104 -- D The Wall Advisory Opinion (2003), paras 86f -- 3 The collective security system -- I Introduction -- II UN Charter Articles -- Chapter I: Purposes and Principles -- Chapter IV: The General Assembly -- Chapter V: The Security Council -- Chapter VI: Pacific Settlement of Disputes.