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1. The Belgian legal tradition: does it exist? / Dirk Heirbaut -- 2. Basic features of the legal system / Mark van Hoecke and Michiel Elst -- 3. Constitutional law / Francis Delperee -- 4. Administrative law / Robert Anderson -- 5. The judicial system and procedure / Jean Laenens and George Van Mellaert -- 6. Family law / Patrick Seaeve -- 7. Successions, donations inter vivos and wills / Christian De Wulf -- 8. Property law / Helene Casman -- 9. Contracts / Walter De Bondt -- 10. Tort law / Hubert Bocken -- 11. Commercial law and business transactions / Eddy Wymeersch -- 12. Corporations and partnerships / Koen Geens -- 13. Taxation / Andre Spruyt -- 14. Labour and social law / Willy Van Eeckhoutte -- 15. Criminal law / Alain De Nauw and Joelle Rozie -- 16. Private international law / Johan Erauw

Collective self-defence can be defined as the use of military force by one or more states to aid another state that is an innocent victim of armed attack. However, it is a legal justification that is open to abuse and its exercise risks escalating conflict. Recent years have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of collective self-defence claims. It has been the main basis for US-led action in Syria (2014-) and was advanced by Russia in relation to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine (2022-). Yet there still has been little analysis of collective self-defence in international law. This book crucially progresses the debate on various fundamental and under-explored questions about the conceptual nature of collective self-defence and the requirements for its operation. Green provides the most detailed and extensive account of collective self-defence to date, at a time when it is being invoked more than ever before

List of Abbreviations --Preface --The European Concern with Copyright and Related Rights --Object, Subject, and Duration of Protection --Exclusive Rights and Limitations --Rights Management Information and Technological Protection Measures --Term Extension for Sound Recordings --Term Calculation for Co-written Musical Works --Orphan Works --The Blessings and Curses of Harmonization --The Last Frontier: Territoriality --Selected Bibliography --Table of European Court of Justice Cases and Opinions --Table of EC Legislation and Materials.

Introduction -- International law as human choice -- How people choose -- Human choice at the International Court of Justice -- Human choice at the U.N. Security Council -- Human choice in human rights -- Changing the culture of choice -- The international law we need.