Origins of the right of self-defence in international law : : from the Caroline Incident to the United Nations Charter / / by Tadashi Mori ; translated by Jonathan Bloch.

• Superior document: International Law in Japanese Perspective, Volume 12
• VerfasserIn: Mori, Tadashi, 1970-
• TeilnehmendeR: Bloch, Jonathan (Translator),
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English; Japanese
• Series: International law in Japanese perspective ; Volume 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages).

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 alternatives for interpreting the significance of the precondition provided for in the Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, by taking a historical perspective on the development of that concept from the mid-19th century to 1945. The book defines the right of self-defence as understood in and before 1945, suggesting the typology which represents the strata of the concept. It will contribute to the current debate regarding the right of self-defence in contemporary international law, including that against terrorism, by providing a framework to analyse the state practice since 1945.

Table of Contents

Framework of the conventional debate -- Great confusion over the right of self-defence : the Caroline Incident revisited -- The right of self-defence before World War I -- The right of self-defence as it developed in the inter-war period -- The relationship between the two conceptions of self-defence -- The right of self-defence in the Travaux Preparatoires of the United Nations Charter.