The Crime of Aggression in International Criminal Law : T.M.C. Asser : 9789067049269 : 9067049263 : 20 Jan 2014 : Since after the Second World War, the crime of aggression is ? along with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes ? a ?core crime? under international law. However, despite a formal recognition of aggression as a matter of international criminal law and the reinforcement of the international legal regulation of the use of force by States, numerous international armed conflicts occurred but no one was ever prosecuted for aggression since 1949. This book comprehensively analyses the historical development of the criminalisation of aggression, scrutinises in a detailed manner the relevant jurisprudence of the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals as well as of the Nuremberg follow-up trials, and makes proposals for a more successful prosecution for aggression in the future. In identifying customary international law on the subject, the volume draws upon a wealth of applicable