COURSE / USE OF FORCE / 2026
Use of Force
Graduate teaching on international law and the use of force — problems, primary materials, and legal argument rather than a finished doctrinal survey.
12 sessions
- 01What counts as force?
- 02Charter architecture
- 03Self-defence
- 04Collective security
- 05Necessity and proportionality
- 06Armed attack thresholds
- 07Intervention and invitation
- 08Non-state actors
- 09Humanitarian claims
- 10Occupation and force
- 11Evidence and attribution
- 12After the Charter
Course proposition
The subject is organised around problems and primary materials rather than a finished doctrinal survey. Students work through argumentative positions, institutional architecture, and contested thresholds — including self-defence, collective security, non-state actors, and claims made after or around the Charter.
Pedagogical approach
Sessions emphasise active engagement with materials: reading, reconstruction of argument, and classroom debate.
A related personal project, the online real-time simulation for law students, is on the same field. It is not part of this course listing.
Session list (provisional)
The twelve session titles below are a working outline for this site. They should be checked against the finalized syllabus before being treated as authoritative session titles.
Materials
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