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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789552803321

Autore

Bakircioglu Onder

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-70273-3

1-136-70274-1

1-283-44312-0

9786613443120

0-203-81381-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

345/.04

Soggetti

Self-defense (International law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing from scholarship across law, history, politics and philosophy, Self-Defence in International and Criminal Law provides a broad and interdisciplinary approach to the doctrine of self-defence in both domestic criminal and international law. It focuses on the requirement of imminence, which deals with the question of when individuals or States may legitimately resort to defensive force against a serious danger or harm. In both national and international law the imminence requirement, if strictly applied, renders any defensive measure taken in anticipation of a would-be attack