jus in bello

During World War II the British Royal Air Force undertook a campaign of area bombing of German cities, resulting in hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties. The debate over the ethics of this policy began at the time and has continued to the present. Area bombing clearly vi…

Can guerrilla war be just war, and can guerrilla wars be fought morally? This thesis explores these questions by using a single case study, that of the Lebanese Hizballah, with the intention of contributing to an understanding of the jus in bello of guerrilla warfare. Because th…

This thesis surveys, critiques, and synthesizes recent efforts to develop and define jus post bellum criteria. More than merely a set of post-conflict tactics, post bellum guidance delineates moral obligations imposed upon, at a minimum, parties to conflict. Furthermore, jus pos…