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Law of Armed Conflict International Humanitarian Law in War

Name: Law of Armed Conflict
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521870887
Price: 1248.39 HKD
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Author: Gary D. Solis
ISBN: 9780521870887

By Gary D. Solis

Cambridge University Press April 2010

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780521870887
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: April 2010
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War introduces law students and undergraduates to the law of war in an age of terrorism.

What law of armed conflict/international humanitarian law applies to particular armed conflicts? Does that law apply to terrorists as well? What is the status of participants in an armed conflict? What constitutes a war crime? What is a lawful target and how are targeting decisions made? What are rules of engagement? What weapons are lawful and unlawful, and why?

This text takes the reader through these essential questions of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law to an awareness of finer points of battlefield law. The U.S.-weighted text incorporates lessons from many nations and includes hundreds of cases from jurisdictions worldwide.

Contents:: Part I. Foundation; 1. Rules of war, laws of war; 2. Codes, conventions, declarations and regulations; 3. Two world wars and their law of armed conflict results; 4. Protocols and politics; Part II. A Framework; 5. Conflict status; 6. Individual battlefield status; 7. LOAC's four core principles; 8. What is a 'war crime'?; Part III. Battlefield Issues; 9. Obedience to orders, the first defense; 10. Command responsibility and respondeat superior; 11. Ruses and perfidy; 12. Torture; 13. Rules of engagement; 14. Targeting; 15. Attacks on cultural property; 16. The 1980 certain conventional weapons convention; 17. Gas, biological and chemical weapons treaties.