Senior research fellow at the World Trade Institute and visiting lecturer in international and constitutional law at the University of Basel.

'Nikolas Stürchler deserves not only the credit for having submitted the first comprehensive analysis on 'Art. 2 (4)'s blind spot', but also for having approached this subject matter in a well-balanced, historically informed and excellently written manner. The overall objective of his treatise is to both explore the legal meaning of the no-threat principle and to draw conclusions on how it operates in practice and it shall be stated right at the outset that Stürchler succeeds in achieving this aim. … Stürchler's book is an excellent piece of academic work which deserves wide readership, not only with a view to the detailed and standard-setting examination of State practice contained therein.' Alexander Proelf

• 1. Birth and infancy of a Charter rule: the open framework; 2. The menu of choice: a guide to interpretation; 3. Precedents of the International Court; 4. Deciphering post-Charter practice: means and limits; 5. Open threats to extract concessions; 6. Demonstrations of force; 7. Countervailing threats or threats in self-defence; 8. Findings and conclusions; 9. Epilogue: the law in operation.

Senior research fellow at the World Trade Institute and visiting lecturer in international and constitutional law at the University of Basel.

'Nikolas Stürchler deserves not only the credit for having submitted the first comprehensive analysis on 'Art. 2 (4)'s blind spot', but also for having approached this subject matter in a well-balanced, historically informed and excellently written manner. The overall objective of his treatise is to both explore the legal meaning of the no-threat principle and to draw conclusions on how it operates in practice and it shall be stated right at the outset that Stürchler succeeds in achieving this aim. … Stürchler's book is an excellent piece of academic work which deserves wide readership, not only with a view to the detailed and standard-setting examination of State practice contained therein.' Alexander Proelf

• 1. Birth and infancy of a Charter rule: the open framework; 2. The menu of choice: a guide to interpretation; 3. Precedents of the International Court; 4. Deciphering post-Charter practice: means and limits; 5. Open threats to extract concessions; 6. Demonstrations of force; 7. Countervailing threats or threats in self-defence; 8. Findings and conclusions; 9. Epilogue: the law in operation.

Senior research fellow at the World Trade Institute and visiting lecturer in international and constitutional law at the University of Basel.

'Nikolas Stürchler deserves not only the credit for having submitted the first comprehensive analysis on 'Art. 2 (4)'s blind spot', but also for having approached this subject matter in a well-balanced, historically informed and excellently written manner. The overall objective of his treatise is to both explore the legal meaning of the no-threat principle and to draw conclusions on how it operates in practice and it shall be stated right at the outset that Stürchler succeeds in achieving this aim. … Stürchler's book is an excellent piece of academic work which deserves wide readership, not only with a view to the detailed and standard-setting examination of State practice contained therein.' Alexander Proelf

• 1. Birth and infancy of a Charter rule: the open framework; 2. The menu of choice: a guide to interpretation; 3. Precedents of the International Court; 4. Deciphering post-Charter practice: means and limits; 5. Open threats to extract concessions; 6. Demonstrations of force; 7. Countervailing threats or threats in self-defence; 8. Findings and conclusions; 9. Epilogue: the law in operation.