Customary international law on the use of force : a methodological approach

This book comes out at a time of grave uncertainty about the content and the very existence of international legal restraints on the use of force, in the international community as well as among legal scholars. The time is therefore ripe for an in-depth analysis on the methodological issues which constitute the basic bricks on which the legal discourse about the state of the law must be built. By offering the result of an open and frank discussion about the methodology of determining the law on the use of force at a time of perplexity", this timely book constitutes an invaluable contribution to legal analysis."

Incomplete contents: Taking opinio juris seriously : a classical approach to international law on the use of force / Mary Ellen O'Connell -- Consistency, universality, and the customary law of interstate force / Arthur Mark Weisburd -- Les comportements passifs des Etats et leur incidence sur la réglementation de l'emploi de la force en droit international général / Gionato Piero Buzzini -- Breach and evolution of customary international law on the use of force / Olivier Corten -- Le rôle des organes politiques des Nations Unies / Gerard Cahin -- International organizations in the formation of customary international law / Jan Klabbers -- Determining the law on the use of force : the ICJ and customary rules on the use of force / Giuseppe Palmisano -- The role of public opinion and non-governmental organisations in the reconstruction of general international norms on the use of force / Massimo Iovane -- Customary rules on the use of force in the work of codification of the International Law Commission / Paolo Palchetti -- Customary international law on the use of force : inductive approach vs. value-oriented approach / Enzo Cannizzaro -- Balancing the prohibition of force with the need to protect human rights : a methodological approach / Francesco Francioni -- Coordination entre la prohibition de l'emploi de la force et les exigences de la lutte contre le terrorisme / Philippe Weckel -- L'évolution du droit international coutumier sur l'emploi de la force entre obligations "erga omnes" et autorisations du Conseil de sécurité / Paolo Picone.