Overview
Comprehensive, historical and legal analysis on preemptive strikes.
Focus on temporal dimension and anticipatory aspect of self-defence.
Incorporates essence and limits of preemptive strikes into accessible formula.
Compares the temporal issue in cases such as the Cuban missile crisis (1962), the Israeli bombing of the Osirak reactor (1981) and the US war against Iraq (2003).
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Pre-Charter Customary Law on Self-Defence
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Post-Charter Customary Law on Self-Defence
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Anticipatory Action in Self-Defence and International Customary Law
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Book Title: Anticipatory Action in Self-Defence
Book Subtitle: Essence and Limits under International Law
Authors: Kinga Tibori Szabó
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-796-8
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6704-795-1Published: 22 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-6704-996-2Published: 14 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-90-6704-796-8Published: 22 August 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 348
Topics: International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations