The Law Against War

Author : Olivier Corten
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509949007

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Praise for previous edition: “...a comprehensive, meticulously-researched study of contemporary international law governing the use of armed force in international relations...' Andrew Garwood-Gowers, Queensland University of Technology Law Review, Volume 12(2) When this first English language edition of The Law Against War published it quickly established itself as a classic. Detailed, analytically rigorous and comprehensive, it provided an indispensable guide to the legal framework regulating the use of force. Now a decade on the much anticipated new edition brings the work up to date. It looks at new precedents arising from the Arab Spring; the struggle against the "Islamic State" in Iraq and Syria; and the conflicts in Ukraine and Yemen. It also reflects the new doctrinal debates surrounding recent state practice. Previous positions are reconsidered and in some cases revised, notably the question of consensual intervention and the very definition of force, particularly, to accommodate targeted extrajudicial executions and cyber-operations. Finally, the new edition provides detailed coverage of the concept of self-defense, reflecting recent interpretations of the International Court of Justice and the ongoing controversies surrounding its definition and interpretation.

Author : Olivier Corten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:851327519

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Author : Michael Byers
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 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 : Stephen C. Neff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,7 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 : Peter Berkowitz
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780817914363

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Israel and the Struggle over the International Laws of War by Peter Berkowitz Pdf

The author argues that Israel stands on the frontlines of a new struggle over the international laws of war and exposes abuses of law that have been promulgated by international human rights lawyers, UN bodies, and intellectuals to illegitimately circumscribe the right of liberal democracies to defend themselves against transnational terrorists. The Goldstone Report, which was published by the United Nations in September 2009, and the Gaza flotilla controversy, which erupted at the end of May 2010, are examples of those abuses. This book criticizes the flawed assumptions and defective claims arising from both the Goldstone Report and the Gaza flotilla controversy, showing how the legal principles and conclusions advanced by many of Israel's critics threaten not only Israel's national security interests but the United States' as well.

Author : Orde F. Kittrie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 45,8 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 : William H. Boothby,Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 49,9 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 : Yoram Dinstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139503174

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War, Aggression and Self-Defence by Yoram Dinstein Pdf

Yoram Dinstein's influential textbook is an indispensable guide to the legal issues of war and peace, armed attack, self-defence and enforcement measures taken under the aegis of the Security Council. This fifth edition incorporates recent treaties such as the Kampala amendments of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, new case law from the International Court of Justice and other tribunals, and contemporary doctrinal debates. Several new supplementary sections are also included, which take into account recent conflicts around the world, and consideration is given to new resolutions of the Security Council. With many segments having been rewritten to reflect recent State practice, this book remains a wide-ranging and highly readable introduction to the legal issues surrounding war and self-defence.

Author : David Kennedy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,8 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 : Ingrid Detter de Lupis Frankopan,Ingrid Detter Delupis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521787750

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D Types of war.

Author : Mark B. Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108483704

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War Economies and International Law by Mark B. Taylor Pdf

This book describes how international law regulates the problems that arise where economic activity meets violent conflict.

Author : Andrew Clapham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198810469

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War by Andrew Clapham Pdf

This book provides an accessible and engaging account of the contemporary laws of war. It highlights how, even though war has been outlawed and should be finished as an institution, states continue to claim that they can wage necessary wars of self-defence, engage in lawful killings in war, and imprison law-of-war detainees.

Author : Adam Roberts,Richard Guelff
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Humanitäres Völkerrecht - Quelle
ISBN : 0198256574

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Documents on the Laws of War by Adam Roberts,Richard Guelff Pdf

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
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,9 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 : Dr Myra Williamson
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781409496564

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Terrorism, War and International Law by Dr Myra Williamson Pdf

This book analyzes the legality of the use of force by the US, the UK and their NATO allies against Afghanistan in 2001. The work challenges the main ground for resorting to force, namely, self-defence under Article 51 of the United Nations' Charter, by examining each element of Article 51 that ought to have been satisfied in order to legitimise the use of force. It also examines the wider context, including comparable Security Council resolutions in historic situations as well as modern instances where force has been used, such as against Iraq in 2003 and against Lebanon in 2006. As well as making the case against the legality of the use of force, the book addresses wider questions such as the meaning of 'terrorism' in international law, the changing nature of conflict in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries including the impact of non-state actors and an overview of terrorism trends as well as the evolution of limitations on the resort to force from the League of Nations through to 2001. The book concludes with some insight into the possible future implications for the use of force by states, particularly when force is purportedly justified on the grounds of self-defence.