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1 online resource (200 pages)
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9789047403159
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In view of the practices of World War II, international society could no longer be under the principles of traditional international law. This work provides a comprehensive treatment of the development of international law and its influence on international relations.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The changing law in postwar international society -- 1. International law as the general order in international society -- (1) International law originating in a system of freedom of conscience -- (2) International law developing into a general order -- (3) International law rehabilitated in the postwar order -- 2. The international legal order in changed circumstances -- (1) International society transformed into multiple civilized societies -- (2) An international order balancing world government and sovereign equality -- 3. The international legal order under the principle of war renunciation -- (1) Invalidation of the traditional order through the practice of counter-aggression -- (2) Survival of jus ad bellum in the practices around the time of the Second World War -- (3) Invalidation of jus in bello in favor of enforcement -- (4) Humanity as the higher norm of international society -- 4. The United Nations as the positive order in international society -- (1) The concept of a general order after the invalidation of international law -- (2) Practical compliance with social realities becoming a positive order in international society -- (3) Regional amendments becoming a positive order in international society -- (4) The United Nations as a system inclusive of "enemy matters -- Chapter 2: An international legal order achieved through self-defense -- 1. The social characteristics of self-defense in the international legal regime -- (1) Self-defense under the principle of no use of force -- (2) The intermediate function of self-defense between individual and public acts -- (3) The positive conditions of self-defense -- 2. The social functions of self-defense -- (1) Enforcement in succession to self-defense -- (2) Peacekeeping practiced as self-defense.
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ISBN 9789041118479
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789041118479
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Print version The changing postwar international legal regime : The role played by Japan
Sprache:
Englisch
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