Weighing lives in war

by Finkelstein, Claire Oakes May, Larry Ohlin, Jens David

Type Book

Rate 0.0 /5

"The chief means to limit and calculate the costs of war are the philosophical and legal concepts of proportionality and necessity. Both categories are meant to restrain the most horrific potential of war. The volume explores the moral and legal issues in the modern law of war in three major categories. In so doing, the contributions will look for new and innovative approaches to understanding the process of weighing lives implicit in all theories of jus in bello: who counts in war, understandi…

Details

Files

Reviews

Download

Title Statements

Full title :Weighing lives in war / edited by Jens David Ohlin, Larry May and Claire Finkelstein.

Summary

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2017
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2017

The Physical Object

Description:vi, 327 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780198796176, 019879617X, 9780198796183, 0198796188
oclc:on1002854573
LC Classification:KZ6385
Dewey Decimal:341.6

Subjects

86.92 law of war armed conflicts Guerre -- Aspect moral Guerre (droit international) Guerre et société Guerre juste International humanitarian law Just war doctrine Military ethics Military necessity Morale militaire Proportionality War -- Moral and ethical aspects War (International law) War and society