International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15730352-bja10111" target="_blank" >10.1163/15730352-bja10111</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force
Original language description
This article situates the contemporary law on the use of force within the broader evolution of the UN Charter system of collective security, focusing in particular on the continued relevance and resilience of Article 2(4) despite sustained political and legal pressures. Drawing on discussions from an international conference on the future of jus ad bellum, the authors examine competing narratives portraying the prohibition of force either as enduring or as progressively eroded. The article identifies key structural challenges, including the increasing reliance on self-defence claims, interpretative ambiguities surrounding UN Security Council practice, technological developments such as cyber operations, and renewed controversies over humanitarian intervention and territorial acquisition. While acknowledging systemic strain, the authors argue that repeated violations ultimately reaffirm rather than undermine the normative significance of the prohibition. The article also maps the thematic contributions of the special issue, which address annexation, termination of armed conflict, collective self-defence and third-state support, neutrality law, and the role of domestic parliaments in reinforcing the prohibition of force. Overall, the article frames the jus ad bellum regime as undergoing adaptation rather than collapse, highlighting both continuity and transformation in the regulation of interstate force.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Review of Central and East European Law
ISSN
0925-9880
e-ISSN
1573-0352
Volume of the periodical
50
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1-2
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
1-7
UT code for WoS article
001526701600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105004329615