Pre-emptive Self-Defence: "In an age of international terrorism, the law on self-defence needs to be expanded to include the right to pre-emptive self-defence."

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: Distinction, Macquarie University, course: IRPG 842 Politics of International Law, language: English, abstract: This paper will argue against an expansion of international law to include an unrestricted doctrine of pre-emptive war in the legal conception of self-defence. In order to back this position ar...