Anticipatory action in self-defence: The law of self-defence - past, presence and future

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Acknowledgments

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1: Introduction

PART I: Pre-Charter customary law on self-defence: introduction

2: Self-defence in ancient and medieval natural law

3: Self-defence as a measure short of war

4: Self-defence as an exception to the prohibition of war

5: The right of self-defence and the drafting of the UN Charter

6: The temporal dimension of self-defence at the time of the Charter

PART II: Post-Charter customary law on self-defence: introduction

7: Self-defence in the immediate aftermath of the adoption of the UN Charter

8: Self-defence in state-to-state conflicts

9: Self-defence and weapons of mass destruction

10: Self-defence against non-state actors

11: The interpretation of self-defence and the United Nations

12: The temporal dimension of post-Charter self-defence

PART III: Anticipatory action in self-defence and international customary law

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Index of topics