This volume collects articles on the law of armed conflict and the use of force from the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, to facilitate easy access to content from the leading reference work in international law.

Frauke Lachenmann is Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law
Rüdiger Wolfrum is Managing Director of the Max-Planck Institute for International Peace and the Rule of Law, the former Director of the Max-Planck Institute for International and Comparative Public Law, and a Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.