Law At War

Author : Michael Byers
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 155584846X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War Law written by Michael Byers and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Professor Byers’s book goes to the heart of some of the most bitterly contested recent controversies about the International Rule of Law.” —Chris Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University International law governing the use of military force has been the subject of intense public debate. Under what conditions is it appropriate, or necessary, for a country to use force when diplomacy has failed? Michael Byers, a widely known world expert on international law, weighs these issues in War Law. Byers examines the history of armed conflict and international law through a series of case studies of past conflicts, ranging from the 1837 Caroline Incident to the abuse of detainees by US forces at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Byers explores the legal controversies that surrounded the 1999 and 2001 interventions in Kosovo and Afghanistan and the 2003 war in Iraq; the development of international humanitarian law from the 1859 Battle of Solferino to the present; and the role of war crimes tribunals and the International Criminal Court. He also considers the unique influence of the United States in the evolution of this extremely controversial area of international law. War Law is neither a textbook nor a treatise, but a fascinating account of a highly controversial topic that is necessary reading for fans of military history and general readers alike. “Should be read, and pondered, by those who are seriously concerned with the legacy we will leave to future generations.” —Noam Chomsky

Author : William H. Boothby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108427588
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of War written by William H. Boothby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed and highly authoritative critical commentary appraising the vitally important United States Department of Defense Law of War Manual.

Author : Ingrid Detter de Lupis Frankopan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521787758
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of War written by Ingrid Detter de Lupis Frankopan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-28 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D Types of war.

Author : Gary D. Solis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107135605
Total Pages : 923 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of Armed Conflict written by Gary D. Solis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 923 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces students to the essential questions of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law.

Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198256571
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Documents on the Laws of War written by Adam Roberts and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of this book became a standard work in the field, and it has been extensively revised and updated for the second edition. It is prepared with assistance from the official Depositaries of the various international agreements, and is an essential reference book for statesmen and diplomats, lawyers, journalists, and students of international relations and law. From reviews of the first edition: `Roberts and Guelff rely on the documents to speak for themselves, and are right to do so. Their becoming generally available in this neat and usable form is an event of much importance for all who take a serious interest in humanitarian law and endeavour, and the limitation of men's violence towards men.'New Society

Author : Adil Ahmad Haque
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199687390
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law and Morality at War written by Adil Ahmad Haque and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The laws are not silent in war, but what should they say? What is the moral function of the law of armed conflict? Should the law protect civilians who do not fight but help those who do? Should the law protect soldiers who perform non-combat functions or who may be safely captured? How certain should a soldier be that an individual is a combatant rather than a civilian before using lethal force? What risks should soldiers take on themselves to avoid harming civilians? When do inaccurate weapons become unlawfully indiscriminate? When does 'collateral damage' to civilians become unlawfully disproportionate? Should civilians lose their legal rights by serving, voluntarily or involuntarily, as human shields? Finally, when should killing civilians constitute a war crime? These are the questions that Law and Morality at War answers, contributing to a cutting-edge international debate. Drawing on the concepts and methods of contemporary moral and legal philosophy, the book develops a normative framework within which the laws of war and international criminal law can be evaluated, criticized, and reformed. While several philosophical works critically examine the moral status of civilians and combatants, this book fills a gap, offering both an account of the laws of war and war crimes, and proposing how the law could be improved from a moral point of view. Finally, it explores when, if ever, the emotional pressures under which soldiers act should partially or wholly excuse their wrongful actions --Flap of book cover.

Author : E. L. Gaston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781617700262
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laws of War and 21st Century Conflict written by E. L. Gaston and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Laws of War and 21st Century Conflict explores how international law considers and confronts the so-called new warfare. To many, modern conflict appears unlike any we have known before. A modern battlefield might as easily be found in an urban shopping mall or in the frontline trenches of a failed state. Weaponry that once populated science fiction novels and movies is now a reality, with unmanned aerial drones used against military targets in several countries and automated robots replacing some soldiers on the battlefield. Globalization and the diffusion of technology have eroded state controls and empowered other actors, from terrorist groups to mercenaries. Now, the most deadly threats might be activated by the push of a cell-phone button or from a computer hacker's screen on the other side of the world.

Author : Stephen C. Neff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139445235
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and the Law of Nations written by Stephen C. Neff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ambitious 2005 volume is a history of war, from the standpoint of international law, from the beginning of history to the present day. Its primary focus is on legal conceptions of war as such, rather than on the substantive or technical aspects of the law of war. It tells the story, in narrative form, of the interplay, through the centuries, between, on the one hand, legal ideas about war and, on the other hand, state practice in warfare. Its coverage includes reprisals, civil wars, UN enforcement and the war on terrorism. This book will interest historians, students of international relations and international lawyers.

Author : Ingrid Detter Delupis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521782562
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of War written by Ingrid Detter Delupis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-28 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of the changing legal context of modern warfare including developments over the last decade.

Author : Leon Friedman
Publisher : New York : Random House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of War, a Documentary History written by Leon Friedman and published by New York : Random House. This book was released on 1972 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive collection of materials, including texts of treaties and agreements, war crimes trials, et cetera from the Paris Convention of 1856 to contemporary court cases stemming from the Vietnam conflict.