Self-defence in international and criminal law : the doctrine of imminence

Self-defence in international and criminal law : the doctrine of imminence / Onder Bakircioglu.

The book provides a broad and interdisciplinary approach to the doctrine of self-defence in both domestic criminal and international law. In particular it focuses on the requirement of imminence, which deals with the question of when individuals or States may legitimately resort to defensive force a...

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Main Author: Bakircioglu, Onder
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
Subjects:
Self-defense (International law)
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
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Table of Contents:
  • The doctrine of self-defence and its limits in criminal law
  • The laws of war and the roots of international self-defence
  • From sovereignty to unilateralism: a critique of the preventive war doctrine
  • The role and rationale of the imminence requirement in national and international law
  • Conclusions.

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