Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / A. Cassese -- Preface / A. Cassese -- Contributors / A. Cassese -- Principal Abbreviations / A. Cassese -- 1. The Ban on the Use of Force and the U.N. Charter / Bert V. A. Röling -- 2. The Exception of Self-Defence in U.N. Practice / Jean Combacau -- 3. The Use of Force for the Protection of Nationals Abroad / Derek W. Bowett -- 4. Humanitarian Intervention / Wil D. Verwey -- 5. Armed Reprisals / Roberto Barsotti -- 6. Indirect Military Aggression / Pierluigi Lamberti Zanardi -- 7. Political and Economic Aggression in Contemporary International Law / Tom J. Farer -- 8. Colonialism and the Use of Force by States / Paolo Rubino -- 9. Use of Force, Jus Cogens and State Consent / Natalino Ronzitti -- 1. The Role of the Inter-African Peace-Keeping Force in Chad, 1981-1982 / Jean-Pierre Cot -- 2. The Arab Deterrent Force in Lebanon, 1976-1983 / Jean Pierre Isselé -- 3. The Use of Force in the Framework of the Organization of American States / Pasquale Pirrone -- 4. Armed Intervention in a Dichotomized World: The Case of Grenada / Joseph H. H. Weiler -- 1. The International Community, War and Peace / René-Jean Dupuy -- 2. The Concept of Security and the Function of National Armed Power / Bert V. A. Röling -- 3. International Force and the International Court of Justice / Sir Robert Jennings -- 4. Interim Measures of Protection and the Use of Force by States / Maurice Mendelson -- 5. Use of Force, Military Activities, and the New Law of the Sea / Francesco Francioni -- 6. Crimes Against Peace / Bert V.A. Röling -- 1. The Prohibition of Force in the U.N. Declaration on Friendly Relations of 1970 / Antonio Tanca -- 2. The 1974 U.N. Definition of Aggression / Bert V.A. Röling -- 3. The Prohibition of Resort to the Use of Force in the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe / Rosario Sapienza -- 1. The Attitude of Western States Towards Legal Aspects of the Use of Force / Rosalyn Higgins -- 2. The Attitude of Socialist States Towards the International Regulation of the Use of Force / Hanna Bokor-Szegö -- 3. Non-Aligned Countries and the Current Regulation on the Use of Force / Milan Ŝahović -- 1. The United Nations Charter and the Use of Force, 1945-1985 / Ian Brownlie -- 2. Return to Westphalia? Considerations on the Gradual Erosion of the Charter System / Antonio Cassese -- Back Matter -- Analytical Index / A. Cassese -- Table of Cases and Incidents / A. Cassese.

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