The End of the Conflict and Post-conflict Peace-building

Contents: A. Introduction; B. The end of the conflict 1. The legal regulation of the use of force by States and the distinction between 'war' and the use of force 'short of war'; 2. The irrelevance of the distinction between war and other armed conflicts in modern international law; 3. The modern law of self-defense; 4. Other justifications for resort to force of doubtful validity; 5. Collective enforcement action under U.N. authority; 6. The suspension of hostilities in modern international law; C. Post-conflict peace-building: 1. The meaning of post-conflict peace-building; 2. The use of force on the part of a peace-keeping force in the context of post-conflict peace-building; 3. Peace-building outside the United Nations.