Law At War

Author : Michael Byers
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781555848460

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War Law by Michael Byers Pdf

“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,Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108427586

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The Law of War by William H. Boothby,Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg Pdf

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,Ingrid Detter Delupis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521787750

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The Law of War by Ingrid Detter de Lupis Frankopan,Ingrid Detter Delupis Pdf

D Types of war.

Author : David Kennedy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781400827367

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Of War and Law by David Kennedy Pdf

Modern war is law pursued by other means. Once a bit player in military conflict, law now shapes the institutional, logistical, and physical landscape of war. At the same time, law has become a political and ethical vocabulary for marking legitimate power and justifiable death. As a result, the battlespace is as legally regulated as the rest of modern life. In Of War and Law, David Kennedy examines this important development, retelling the history of modern war and statecraft as a tale of the changing role of law and the dramatic growth of law's power. Not only a restraint and an ethical yardstick, law can also be a weapon--a strategic partner, a force multiplier, and an excuse for terrifying violence. Kennedy focuses on what can go wrong when humanitarian and military planners speak the same legal language--wrong for humanitarianism, and wrong for warfare. He argues that law has beaten ploughshares into swords while encouraging the bureaucratization of strategy and leadership. A culture of rules has eroded the experience of personal decision-making and responsibility among soldiers and statesmen alike. Kennedy urges those inside and outside the military who wish to reduce the ferocity of battle to understand the new roles--and the limits--of law. Only then will we be able to revitalize our responsibility for war.

Author : Austin Sarat,Lawrence Douglas,Martha Merrill Umphrey
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780804788861

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Law and War by Austin Sarat,Lawrence Douglas,Martha Merrill Umphrey Pdf

Law and War explores the cultural, historical, spatial, and theoretical dimensions of the relationship between law and war—a connection that has long vexed the jurisprudential imagination. Historically the term "war crime" struck some as redundant and others as oxymoronic: redundant because war itself is criminal; oxymoronic because war submits to no law. More recently, the remarkable trend toward the juridification of warfare has emerged, as law has sought to stretch its dominion over every aspect of the waging of armed struggle. No longer simply a tool for judging battlefield conduct, law now seeks to subdue warfare and to enlist it into the service of legal goals. Law has emerged as a force that stands over and above war, endowed with the power to authorize and restrain, to declare and limit, to justify and condemn. In examining this fraught, contested, and evolving relationship, Law and War investigates such questions as: What can efforts to subsume war under the logic of law teach us about the aspirations and limits of law? How have paradigms of law and war changed as a result of the contact with new forms of struggle? How has globalization and continuing practices of occupation reframed the relationship between law and war?

Author : W. M. Reisman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:848602610

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The Laws of War by W. M. Reisman Pdf

Author : Adil Ahmad Haque
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199687398

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Law and Morality at War by Adil Ahmad Haque Pdf

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 : Sean Richmond
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487503468

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Unbound in War by Sean Richmond Pdf

This book tells the story of how two of America's closest allies, Canada and Britain, have sought to reconcile their security concerns with their legal obligations during two of the most significant international conflicts since the Second World War.

Author : Peter H. Maguire
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231146470

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Law and War by Peter H. Maguire Pdf

"This is a revised edition of Law and war : an American story [published in 2000]."--T.p. verso.

Author : Travers McLeod
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198716396

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Rule of Law in War by Travers McLeod Pdf

War and security have traditionally been held up as two areas where it is largely assumed international law has little influence on state action. 'Rule of Law in War' shows that it is possible to isolate the impact of rules, and to do so in areas that have historically been impenetrable.

Author : Anton O. Petrov
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781789907599

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Expert Laws of War by Anton O. Petrov Pdf

Over recent decades, international humanitarian law has been shaped by the omnipresence of so-called expert manuals. Astute and engaging, this discerning book provides a comprehensive account of these black letter rules and commentaries produced by private expert groups and demonstrates why the general acceptance of these expert manuals is largely unjustified. The author innovatively links interdisciplinary insights to the needs of military lawyers in practice, showing the pitfalls of relying on private manuals as arguable restatements and interpretations of the law 'as it is'.

Author : Stephen C. Neff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0521662052

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War and the Law of Nations by Stephen C. Neff Pdf

This 2005 volume is a history of war, from an international law perspective, from Roman times to the present.

Author : Gary D. Solis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 923 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107135604

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The Law of Armed Conflict by Gary D. Solis Pdf

This book introduces students to the essential questions of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law.

Author : Orde F. Kittrie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190263577

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Lawfare by Orde F. Kittrie Pdf

In Lawfare, author Orde Kittrie's draws on his experiences as a lawfare practitioner, US State Department attorney, and international law scholar in analyzing the theory and practice of the strategic leveraging of law as an increasingly powerful and effective weapon in the current global security landscape. Lawfare incorporates case studies of recent offensive and defensive lawfare by the United States, Iran, China, and by both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and includes dozens of examples of how lawfare has thus been waged and defended against. Kittrie notes that since private attorneys can play important and decisive roles in their nations' national security plans through their expertise in areas like financial law, maritime insurance law, cyber law, and telecommunications law, the full scope of lawfare's impact and possibilities are just starting to be understood.

Author : Shane Darcy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107060692

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Judges, Law and War by Shane Darcy Pdf

This book provides expert analysis of the impact of international and national courts on the development of international law applying to armed conflicts.