The end of the Cold War appeared to revitalise the Security Council and offered the prospect of restoring the United Nations to its central role in the maintena

Threats of force are a common feature of international politics, advocated by some as an economical guarantee against the outbreak of war and condemned by other

The international law on the use of force is one of the oldest branches of international law. It is an area twinned with the emergence of international law as a

This volume collects articles on the law of armed conflict and the use of force from the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, to facilitate easy

The prohibition of the use of force in international law is one of the major achievements of international law in the past century. The attempt to outlaw war as