Collective Self-Defence in International Law

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.

Author: James A. Green
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/25/2024
Pages: 388
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9781009406383

About the Author
Green, James A.: - James A. Green is the author of The Persistent Objector Rule in International Law (2016), which won the ESIL Book Prize, and The International Court of Justice and Self-Defence in International Law (2010), which won ASIL's Lieber Prize. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law and co-rapporteur of the ILA's Use of Force Committee.

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