"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…
"Do States, through their military forces, have legal obligations under human rights treaties towards the local civilian population during UN-mandated peace operations? It is frequently claimed that it is unrealistic to require compliance with human rights treaties in peace oper…
Develops a coherent and realistic legal framework which strengthens the human rights protection and the accountability mechanisms in peace operations.
"This fully-updated and much expanded second edition provides a much needed, short and accessible introduction to the current debates in international humanitarian law. Written by a former UN Chief Prosecutor and a leading international law expert, this book analyses the legal a…
General principles of law have made, and are likely further to make, a significant contribution to our understanding of the constituent elements of global justice. Dealing extensively with global headline issues of peace, security and justice, this book explores justice arising …
"International courts and judicial bodies play a formative role in the development of international humanitarian law. Judges, Law and War examines how judicial bodies have influenced the substantive rules and principles of the law of armed conflict, and studies the creation, app…
"International courts and judicial bodies play a formative role in the development of international humanitarian law. Judges, Law and War examines how judicial bodies have influenced the substantive rules and principles of the law of armed conflict, and studies the creation, app…
Teitel presents an analysis of a recent change in international human-rights law. Offering examples from around the world she argues that post-Cold War history has witnessed a key transformation: the normative emphasis of the international legal order has been shifting from stat…
Humanity's law
Teitel presents an analysis of a recent change in international human-rights law. Offering examples from around the world she argues that post-Cold War history has witnessed a key transformation: the normative emphasis of the international legal order has been shifting from stat…