Aggressive War: An International Crime

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Abstract

I. War -- 1. Introductory -- 2. Relativity of the State of war -- 3. 'Constructive' State of war -- 4. 'War' in Nuremberg and Tokyo -- 5. Disappearance of the Concept of war -- II. War of Aggression -- 1. War as a Status and war of Aggression -- 2. Aggressive war and Aggression -- 3. Aggression and Defence -- 4. The Function of a Definition of Aggression -- 5. The Determination of the Aggressor -- 6. Definition of Aggression -- III. Evolution Towards Nuremberg -- 1. Introductory -- 2. Antiquity and the Orient -- 3. Bellum Justum in Western Christianity -- 4. The Period of Indifference -- 5. The Period of Discrimination -- 6. The Doctrine of International Penal law -- IV. The Punishment for Aggressive war -- 1. The Second World war -- 2. The Charter of London -- 3. The Judgments -- 4. The Doctrine on Nuremberg -- 5. Consequences of Nuremberg -- V. Implementation of the 'Nuremberg Principles' -- 1. The Affirmation of the 'Nuremberg Principles' -- 2. The Formulation of the 'Nuremberg Principles' -- 3. The Draft Code of Offences Against the Peace and Security of Mankind -- 4. Jurisdiction over Offences Against the Peace and Security of Mankind -- Postscript.