Neutrality and Non-Belligerency

Contents: Introduction; I. The concept of neutrality and its ratio; II. Neutrality and the doctrine of the 'state of war'; III. Neutrality and the modern ius ad bellum; Grotius revisited; IV. Neutrality and the UN system of collective security; V. 'Non-belligerency' as a legal institution?; VI. 'Non-belligerent' States and traditional duties of abstention, prevention and non-discrimination; VII. 'Non-belligerent' States and traditional belligerent rights: The law of contraband; VIII. 'Non-belligerent' States and the traditional law of blockade; IX. States not party to an armed conflict and current trends in economic warfare; Conclusions