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Civility, Barbarism and the Evolution of International Humanitarian Law: Who do the Laws of War Protect?

Civility, Barbarism and the Evolution of International Humanitarian Law: Who do the Laws of War Protect?

Name: Civility, Barbarism and the Evolution of International Humanitarian Law: Who do the Laws of War Protect?
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108488495
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Author: Matt Killingsworth; Tim McCormack
ISBN: 9781108488495

Edited by Matt Killingsworth · Tim McCormack

Cambridge University Press February 2024

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ISBN-13: 9781108488495
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: February 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Efforts to moderate conflict are as old as conflict itself. Throughout the ages, restraint in warfare has been informed by religious and ethical considerations, chivalry and class, and, increasingly since the mid-19th century, a body of customary and treaty law variously referred to as the laws of war, the law of armed conflict (LOAC) or international humanitarian law (IHL). As they evolved from the mid-19th century, these laws were increasingly underpinned by humanitarianism, then in the mid-20th century, were assumed to be universal. But violations of these restraints are also as old as conflict itself. The history of conflict is replete with examples of exclusions from protections designed to moderate warfare. This edited volume explores the degree to which protections in modern warfare might be informed by notions of 'civility' and 'barbarism', or, to put it another way, asks if only those deemed to be civilised are afforded protections prescribed by the laws of war?

1. Civility, barbarism and the evolution of international humanitarian law: who do the laws of war protect?: introduction - Matt Killingsworth and Tim McCormack

2. Sieges and the laws of war in Europe's long eighteenth century - Gavin Daly

3. All's fair in love and war or the limits of the limitations: juridification of warfare and its revocation by military necessity - Miloš Vec

4. Cultivating humanitarianism: moral sentiment and international humanitarian law in the civilizing process - Richard Devetak

5. Limits to the scope of humanity as a constraint on the conduct of war - Tim McCormack, Siobhain Galea and Daniel Westbury

6. The state, civility and international humanitarian law - Matt Killingsworth

7. Operationalising distinction in South Sudan: humanitarian decision-making about military asset use - Rebecca Sutton

8. Private military and security companies and international humanitarian law: the montreux document - Rebecca Shaw

9. Protecting warfighters from superfluous injury and unnecessary suffering - Rain Liivoja

10. Blurring the lines: how are female child soldiers protected by the laws of war? - Rosemary Grey

11. A step back to take a step forward: the future of justice in conflict - Mark Kersten

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