1st Edition

Aggression, Crime and International Security Moral, Political and Legal Dimensions of International Relations

By Page Wilson Copyright 2009
188 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Aggression, Crime and International Security examines the concept of aggression in international relations and how it has been dealt with by international law and collective security organisations. This book analyses the evolution of the concept of aggression in international relations from World War I to the post-Rome Statute era. It charts the emergence of two competing visions of this... Read more

1. The Concept of Aggression in International Relations  2. Aggression in the Post World War One Settlement  3. State Aggression at the League, 1920-1940  4. Aggression and Individual Criminal Responsibility at Nuremberg and Subsequent Trials  5. Aggression and Individual Criminal Responsibility at the Tokyo Trial  6. The UN's 'Definition' of State Aggression 1944-74  7. The International Law Commission's Attempts to Criminalize State Aggression 1946-98  8. State Aggression at the UN, 1945-  9. Conclusion  Appendices  Bibliography

Biography

Page Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK.  She has a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and qualified as a solicitor in Melbourne, Australia.