| Preface | p. v |
| Abbreviations and Periodicals: Referred to in Text and Bibliography | p. xxi |
| An Historical Exposition of the Legal Regulation of the Use of Force by States | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Historical Experience Prior to 1815 | p. 3 |
| the Customary Law of the Period 1815-1914: Some New Developments: Arbitration and Treaties for Pacific Settlement | p. 19 |
| First World War. the Versailles and Other Treaties: War Guilt and Reparations | p. 51 |
| The Covenant of the League of Nations | p. 55 |
| Illegal War, Aggressive War, and Aggression: the Major Legal Developments of the Period 1920 to 1945 | p. 66 |
| New Foundations: the United Nations Charter and the Bases of the Law After | p. 112 |
| Instruments Affirming the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-Existence | p. 123 |
| Reaffirmation Of, and Adherence To, the Principles of the United Nations Charter and in Particular the Obligations of Article 2, Paragraph 4, of the Charter | p. 127 |
| The Content of the Illegality of the Use of Force: the Delictual and Criminal Aspects | p. 130 |
| Introduction | p. 130 |
| Use of Force as a State Delict: the Obligation to Make Reparation | p. 133 |
| Criminal Responsibility for the Unlawful Use of Force in Inter-State Relations | p. 150 |
| Charges of Crimes Against Peace Arising Out of the Second World War | p. 167 |
| Crimes Against Peace: Definition and Bases of Responsibility | p. 195 |
| Legal Justifications for the Use of Force in the Modern Law | p. 214 |
| Introduction | p. 214 |
| Problems of Transition: the Legal Régime in the Period 1920 to 1930 | p. 216 |
| The Right of Legitimate Defence. Doctrine and State Practice in the Period 1920 to 1939 | p. 231 |
| The Right of Self-Defence in the Period After the Second World War | p. 251 |
| Some Problems Relating to Self-Help in the Modern Law | p. 281 |
| Forcible Anticipation of a Breach of Neutrality | p. 309 |
| The Consent of States | p. 317 |
| International Action | p. 328 |
| Other Justifications for Resort to Force of Doubtful Validity | p. 338 |
| Introduction | p. 350 |
| Problems of a General Nature Relating to the Use of Force | p. 350 |
| The Question of Defining Aggression | p. 351 |
| A Selection of Terms of Art in Treaties of Defensive Alliance, Mutual Assistance, or Security, 1920-1954 | p. 359 |
| Text of the Conventions for the Definition of Aggression Signed in London, 3, 4 and 5 July 1933 | p. 360 |
| The Use or Threat of Force and the Concept of Armed Attack | p. 361 |
| Some Problems of Responsibility | p. 369 |
| The Authors of and the Entities Protected from Unlawful Resort to Force | p. 379 |
| The Legal Significance of the State of War in the Period Since 1920 and the Problem of Defining War | p. 384 |
| The Illegality of the Use of Force: the Question of Corollaries in the Law | p. 402 |
| The Principle of Non-Recognition | p. 410 |
| Conclusions | p. 424 |
| Table of Cases: (according to Countries and Courts and Tribunals, and with References to Law Reports or Other Sources) | p. 437 |
| Table of Cases: (alphabetical) | p. 446 |
| Table of Treaties | p. 450 |
| General Sources of State Practice | p. 460 |
| Official Sources Referred To | p. 461 |
| Table of Documents | p. 462 |
| List of Documents of the Inter&UOoad National Law Commission | p. 467 |
| Table of National Legislation | p. 469 |
| General Studies of the Covenant of the League of Nations | p. 473 |
| General Studies of the Charter of the United Nations | p. 474 |
| Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Law Relating to the Use of Force by States | p. 475 |
| Subject Index | p. 521 |
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