| A Note Regarding Documents | |
| Introduction | |
| Resorting to Military Force | p. 3 |
| The Covenant of the League of Nations | p. 3 |
| The Kellogg-Briand Pact | p. 4 |
| Charter of the United Nations | p. 5 |
| Definition of Aggression | p. 9 |
| General Assembly Definition of Aggression | p. 10 |
| Nicaragua v. United States of America | p. 12 |
| Portugal v. Germany (The Naulilaa Case) | p. 23 |
| Portugal v. Germany (The Cysne) | p. 25 |
| Some Other Exceptions to the Prescription Against Use of Force | p. 28 |
| Decolonization | p. 28 |
| Brezhnev and Reagan Doctrines | p. 30 |
| The United States' Perspective | p. 30 |
| Using Force | p. 35 |
| The Declaration of St. Petersburg | p. 35 |
| The Law of Land Warfare | p. 36 |
| The Duty to Instruct Soldiers in the Law of War | p. 38 |
| Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land | p. 38 |
| Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Geneva III) | p. 39 |
| Duty of Notification | p. 40 |
| Hague Convention (III) Relative to the Opening of Hostilities | p. 40 |
| Qualifying Belligerents | p. 41 |
| Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Annex to the Convention | p. 41 |
| Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 | p. 43 |
| Basic Rules Governing Warfare | p. 47 |
| Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Annex to the Convention | p. 47 |
| The Declaration of St. Petersburg | p. 48 |
| Hague Declaration (IV, 3) Concerning Expanding Bullets | p. 49 |
| Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects | p. 49 |
| Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments (Protocol I) | p. 50 |
| Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II) | p. 50 |
| Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III) | p. 54 |
| Hague Convention (VIII) Relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines | p. 56 |
| Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare | p. 57 |
| Prohibitions on Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons | p. 57 |
| Hague Declaration (IV, 2) Concerning Asphyxiating Gases | p. 57 |
| Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare | p. 57 |
| Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction | p. 58 |
| Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction | p. 60 |
| Prohibition on Use of Nuclear Weapons | p. 66 |
| Declaration on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear and Thermo-Nuclear Weapons | p. 66 |
| Non-Use of Force in International Relations and Permanent Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons | p. 67 |
| "Environmental" Warfare | p. 68 |
| Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques | p. 68 |
| Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 | p. 69 |
| Protection of the Environment in Times of Armed Conflict | p. 71 |
| Prescriptions Concerning Civilian and Merchant Sea and Air Vessels | p. 73 |
| Hague Convention (VI) Relative to the Status of Enemy Merchant Ships at the Outbreak of Hostilities | p. 73 |
| Hague Convention (VII) Relative to the Conversion of Merchant Ships into War Ships | p. 75 |
| Hague Convention (XI) on Restrictions with Regard to Right of Capture in Naval War | p. 76 |
| Proces-Verbal Relating to the Rules of Submarine Warfare Set Forth in Part IV of the London Naval Treaty of 1930 | p. 77 |
| Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare | p. 78 |
| Protection of Civilians; Rules About Bombardment | p. 80 |
| Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Annex to the Convention | p. 81 |
| Hague Convention (IX) Concerning Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War | p. 81 |
| Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare | p. 83 |
| Genocide and Protection of Civilians | p. 84 |
| Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide | p. 84 |
| Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 | p. 87 |
| Prohibitions on Use of Force Against Cultural and Other Protected Property | p. 94 |
| Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Annex to the Convention | p. 94 |
| Hague Convention (IX) Concerning Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War | p. 94 |
| Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare 1922/23 | p. 95 |
| Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict | p. 97 |
| Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 | p. 105 |
| Text of Vietnam Rules of Engagement | p. 106 |
| Rules of Engagement | p. 128 |
| Cessation of Hostilities | p. 130 |
| Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Annex to the Convention | p. 130 |
| Neutrality | p. 133 |
| Hague Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land | p. 134 |
| Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War | p. 137 |
| Convention on Contact Mines 1907 | p. 141 |
| Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare | p. 141 |
| Maritime Neutrality (Inter-American) | p. 143 |
| Prisoners of War | p. 149 |
| Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Annex to the Convention | p. 150 |
| Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea | p. 153 |
| Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field | p. 168 |
| Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War | p. 179 |
| United States of America v. Manuel Antonio Noriega | p. 220 |
| Belligerent Occupation | p. 231 |
| Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Annex to the Convention | p. 232 |
| Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War | p. 233 |
| Al Affo and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel v. Commander of the Israel Defense Forces in the West Bank | p. 283 |
| Terrorism | p. 293 |
| Aviation: Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft | p. 294 |
| Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (Hijacking) | p. 294 |
| Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation | p. 296 |
| International Terrorism | p. 299 |
| Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons, Including Diplomatic Agents | p. 299 |
| International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages | p. 300 |
| Resolution Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to Prevent International Terrorism | p. 303 |
| Resolution Adopted by the United Nations Security Council Condemning Hostage-Taking and Abduction | p. 304 |
| Texts of the Statements Adopted by Leaders of Seven Industrial Democracies [At the Tokyo Summit Meeting, Concerning Terrorism] | p. 304 |
| Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection | p. 306 |
| Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic | p. 310 |
| Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 | p. 315 |
| War Crimes | p. 317 |
| Agreement By the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of the United States of America, the Provisional Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of the European Axis | p. 318 |
| Judicial Decisions | p. 323 |
| International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg), Judgment and Sentences - October 1, 1946 | p. 323 |
| International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg), Judgment and Sentences - September 30, 1946 | p. 333 |
| Principles of International Law Recognized in the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and Judgment of the Tribunal | p. 335 |
| International Military Tribunal for the Far East | p. 337 |
| Judgment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East: Findings on Counts of the Indictment | p. 337 |
| Yamashita v. Styer | p. 343 |
| Trial of Lieutenant General Kurt Maelzer | p. 351 |
| The Attorney-General of the Government of Israel v. Eichmann | p. 352 |
| The Law of Land Warfare | p. 356 |
| United States v. Staff Sergeant Walter Griffen | p. 357 |
| United States v. William L. Calley, Jr. | p. 362 |
| Draft Articles on State Responsibility | p. 371 |
| Article 19 | p. 371 |
| The Commission of Inquiry into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut | p. 373 |
| Prosecution and Punishment | p. 385 |
| Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) | p. 385 |
| Investigation of Alleged War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia | p. 386 |
| Interim Report of the Commission of Experts | p. 387 |
| Statute of the International Tribunal | p. 393 |
| Chart of Multilateral Treaties | p. 406 |
| Index | p. 433 |
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