Since the adoption of the UN Charter in 1945, the use of cross-border force has been frequent. This volume invites a range of experts to examine over sixty conf

The Use of Force and International Law offers an authoritative overview of international law governing the resort to force. Looking through the prism of the con

This book explores the whole of the large and controversial subject of the use of force in international law; it examines not only the use of force by states bu

The first detailed description of when and how the police may use force under the international law of law enforcement.

This Oxford Handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of one of the most controversial areas of international law. Over seventy contributors