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AbstractWhile Western imperialism played a crucial role in the creation of modern international law, it is ever more important to analyze the engagements of non-Western imperialist powers with the field so as to comprehend the changing global patterns of legalized violence and expansionism. In this Essay, we analyze Russia's international legal arguments in support of its use of force against Ukraine through the lens of inter-imperial rivalry. In so doing, we call for strict scrutiny of the deployments of jus ad bellum equally by all imperial powers.

"One of the first to provide a socio-legal comparative history of under-studied or ignored Jewish attempts in the 1930s "Anglosphere" to counter the rise in fascist and Nazi antisemitism, this book examines the ways in which Jewish individuals and organized communal bodies in the mid-to late 1930s sought to counter this increasing antisemitic violence, physical and verbal, by using the law against their fascist and Nazi attackers. This is the first study to explore how Jews in these countries organized themselves, brought their oppressors to court, while seeking to convince their governments that an attack on Jews was a threat to the social order. The book analyzes the networks of knowledge and the personal relationships between and among key actors and institutions of the "Antisemitic International." Nazi "nationalists" always participated in networks that transcended borders. Case studies from Canada, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, illustrate the ways in which different mechanisms of Jewish resistance were deployed throughout the mid-to-late 1930s. They embody significant concerns about the "turn to law" and the importance of litigation and legislation. Grounded in original archival research on three continents, the book examines the ways in which professional legal discourse about public order and democratic citizenship proffered by Jewish communities and individual Jews was countered by their Nazi opponents with legal and political arguments about "truth," "persecution," and Jewish perfidy. The book will be of interest to students, academics and researchers working in the areas of Legal History, History, Jewish Studies, the study of Antisemitism, and the History of the far right, fascism and Nazism"--

Preface -- Note on Transliteration of Japanese Words and Names -- About the Editors -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Overview of the GSDF -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Challenges of Reputation and Relevance in the Quest for Legitimacy -- Structure of the Book -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Organization and Structure of the Contemporary Ground Self-Defense Force -- Position of the GSDF in National Defense Policy -- Transparency and Public Relations -- Notes -- Part II: The History of the GSDF -- Chapter 3: The Early Years of the Ground Self-Defense Forces, 1945-1960 -- Introduction -- The Creation of the NPR: "Military" or "Police"? -- The Formation of the NPR as an Effective Force -- The Conditions of the NPR as a "Police Force:" Public Security Operations -- Disaster Relief -- From The NPR To The NSA and NSF -- Creating the Basis for a "Military" -- Establishment of the NSF as a Capable Organization -- The Political Process for Rearmament: Formation of the JDA and SDF -- Tasks and Capabilities of the SDF -- The Withdrawal of US Land Forces and the GSDF -- US-Japan Security Cooperation: Collective Action -- The Security Treaty Riots and the GSDF -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The GSDF During the Cold War Years, 1960-1989 -- Introduction -- Continued Foundation-Building in the 1960s -- Reorganization of the GSDF (5 H ō mentai, 13 Divisions, 180,000 men) -- Second Defense Build-Up Plan (July 18, 1961) and Increased Recognition -- Mitsuya Kenkyu ̄ -- Third Defense Build-Up Plan (March 1967) -- The Crisis-Filled 1970s -- Nakasone Yasuhiro, the First Defense White Paper, and Autonomous Defense -- The Mishima Yukio Suicide -- The 1971 Curtis-Kubo Agreement and SDF Dispatch to Okinawa -- The Fourth Defense Build-Up Plan (1972) -- National Defense Program Outline (1976) and Immediate-Term Defense Build-Up Program

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In a recent article entitledThe Secret War in Central America and the Future of World Order, Professor John Norton Moore, a staunch defender of United States actions toward Nicaragua, sets forth a comprehensive array of factual assertions and legal arguments to support his conclusions that support by the United States of Nicaraguan counterrevolutionaries or "contras" and its own actions against Nicaragua are justified as collective self-defense under international law. He also presents arguments to support his conclusion that the International Court of Justice has so exceeded its authority in exercising jurisdiction in the case ofNicaragua v. United Statesthat its decisions are void, and consequently may be ignored by the United States—or, for that matter, Nicaragua. Professor Moore's analysis and conclusions differ sharply from those of the present writer. It should therefore be useful to identify the main points of disagreement, and to suggest the policy implications of the different legal arguments and conclusions.