Aggression

Aggression in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of aggression.

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Legal English Vocabulary: aggression in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term aggression into Spanish: agresión (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• aggression in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• aggression in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Definition of Aggression

In the context of international law, the legal resource A Dictionary of Law, provides a definition of Aggression :

According to the General Assembly Resolution (3314) on the Definition of Aggression 1975, the use of armed force by one state against the sovereignty, territorial integrity, or political independence of another state or in any way inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations. The Resolution lists examples of aggression, which include the following:

(1) Invasion, attack, military occupation, or annexation of the territory of any state by the armed forces of another state.

(2) Bombardment or the use of any weapons by a state against another state’s territory.

(3) Armed blockade by a state of another state’s ports or coasts.

(4) The use of a state’s armed forces in another state in breach of the terms of the agreement on which they were allowed into that state.

(5) Allowing one’s territory to be placed at the disposal of another state, to be used by that state for committing an act of aggression against a third state.

(6) Sending armed bands or guerrillas to carry out armed raids on another state that are grave enough to amount to any of the above acts.

The first use of armed force by a state in contravention of the UN Charter is prima facie evidence of aggression, although the final decision in such cases is left to the Security Council, who may also classify other acts as aggressio The Resolution declares that no consideration whatsoever can justify aggression, that territory cannot be acquired by acts of aggression, and that wars of aggression constitute a crime against international peace.

See also humanitarian intervention; martens clause; occupation; offences against international law and order; use of force; war; war crimes.

Meaning of Aggression

In this law dictionary, the legal term aggression is a kind of the International Law class.

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• War
• War
• War
• Peace Preservation
• Breach of the Peace
• War Crimes
• Peace