"This second edition of Ingrid Detter's authoritative work explores the changing legal context of modern warfare in the light of events over the last decade, especially in Kosovo, East Timor, and Rwanda. Detter reviews the status of international forces and the role and responsi…
One million people in the UK alone demonstrated against the 2003 invasion of Iraq. A crucial element of the opposition to the war was the lack of a clear legal basis. This is the first book to analyze the lawfulness of the use of force against Iraq on the basis of formerly class…
The prohibition of the use of force is one of the most crucial elements of the international legal order. Our understanding of that rule was both advanced and challenged during the period commencing with the termination of the Iran-Iraq war and the invasion of Kuwait, and conclu…
"This book traces the impact that the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has had on the development of international law. Prominent international experts examine the ICJ's impact on key areas of international law, among them…
Avec le drone armé, entre la gâchette sur laquelle on a le doigt et le canon d'où va sortir le projectile, ce sont des milliers de kilomètres qui s'intercalent. Cette mise à distance fait éclater la notion même de guerre. Dans la guerre à distance, peu importe que ce soient des …
Avec le drone armé, entre la gâchette sur laquelle on a le doigt et le canon d'où va sortir le projectile, ce sont des milliers de kilomètres qui s'intercalent. Cette mise à distance fait éclater la notion même de guerre. Dans la guerre à distance, peu importe que ce soient des …
A comprehensive monograph on the defence of superior orders after the Second World War, which remains pre-eminent in the field, the republication of this highly-sophisticated work once again makes this book available to scholars and students in the field.
"The laws of war are facing new challenges from emerging technologies and changing methods of warfare, as well as the growth of human rights and international criminal law. International mechanisms of accountability have increased and international criminal law has greater relev…
"In this evaluation of the international legal standing of the right to reparation and its practical implementation at the national level, Christine Evans outlines State responsibility and examines the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, the Articles on State Re…
"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 amendment…
"This work reconsiders and critically evaluates the complex international legal framework which seeks to regulate wars of national liberation in the light of two fascinating case studies. It tests the effectiveness of both the jus ad bellum and jus in bello aspects of the curren…
"Reflecting on current questions regarding the structure of the law, this concise and readable book offers a thought-provoking view of the system as a whole and its practical working. It covers the main principles, applicability issues and implementation of humanitarian law, as …
