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E. de Wet, Military Assistance on Request and the Use of Force

Oxford University Press, Oxford 2020, xii +288 pp. ISBN 9780198784401

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Notes

  1. See for example prior contributions which include: De Wet (2015, 2018, 2019).

  2. See Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America), Merits, Judgment, ICJ Reports 1986, p. 14, paras. 191–192.

  3. See also the discussion in Randelzhofer and Dörr (2015), pp. 228–229.

  4. See Fox (2015), p. 828.

  5. Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda), Judgment, ICJ Reports 2005, p. 168.

  6. See Trapp (2015), pp. 694–695 and Gazzini (2005).

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Svicevic, M. E. de Wet, Military Assistance on Request and the Use of Force. Neth Int Law Rev 67, 573–579 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40802-020-00177-0

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