This book examines a long-standing dispute regarding the prerequisite for the exercise of the right to self-defence and aims to offer a possible better alternat

Determining the earliest point in time at which international law authorises a state to exercise its inherent right of self-defence is an issue which has been d

Self-defense and the right to go to war. Originally published: New York: Praeger, [1958]. xv, 294 pp. Bowett observes that the use or threat of force by any sta

The book argues that the concept of self-defense in Islamic and International law is compatible. Al-Qaeda's declaration of Jihad does not meet the Islamic legal

While an abundance of literature covers the right of states to defend themselves against external aggression, this is the first book dedicated to the right to p