Laws of war

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Do the Geneva Conventions matter?

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"The Geneva Conventions are the best-known and longest-established laws governing warfare, but what difference do they make to how states engage in armed conflict? Since the start of the 'War on Terror' with 9/11, these protocols have increasingly been incorporated into public d…

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Cyberwar: law and ethics for virtual conflicts

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Cyber warfare has become more pervasive and more complex in recent years. It is difficult to regulate, as it holds an ambiguous position within the laws of war. This book investigates the legal and ethical ramifications of cyber war, considering which sets of laws apply to it, a…

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A history of the laws of war

by Gillespie, Alexander

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This unique new work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on written records from as far back as 2400 BCE, and using sources ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the author pieces tog…

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A history of the laws of war

by Gillespie, Alexander

fromA history of the laws of war

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"This first book on warfare deals with the broad question of whether the patterns of dealing with combatants and captives have changed over the last 5,000 years, and if so, how? In terms of context, the first part of the book is about combatants and those who can 'lawfully' take…

AH

A history of the laws of war

by Gillespie, Alexander

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This unique work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on written records from as far back as 2400 BCE, and using sources ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the author pieces togethe…

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Just and unjust warriors: the moral and legal status of soldiers

by RODIN, David, Shue, Henry, Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War

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"Can a soldier be held responsible for fighting in a war that is illegal or unjust? This is the question at the heart of a new debate that has the potential to profoundly change our understanding of the moral and legal status of warriors, wars, and indeed of moral agency itself.…

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International law and governance of natural resources in conflict and post-conflict situations

by Dam-de Jong, Daniëlla

fromCambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cam…

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"Natural resource wealth is conducive to a country's development. Nevertheless, the last few decades have shown a harsher reality, where natural resources have also triggered, financed or fuelled a number of internal armed conflicts. Examples include the armed conflicts in Cambo…

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Wars of law: unintended consequences in the regulation of arme…

by Fazal, Tanisha M.

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"This book assesses the unintended consequences of the proliferation of the laws of war for both interstate and civil wars over the past two centuries"--Provided by publisher

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Weighing lives in war

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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…

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The law of war

by Detter de Lupis Frankopan, Ingrid

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"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…

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A scrap of paper: breaking and making international law during the …

by Hull, Isabel V.

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A century after the outbreak of the Great War, we have forgotten the central role that international law and the dramatically different interpretations of it played in the conflict's origins and conduct. Hull compares wartime decision making in Germany, Great Britain, and France…

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Privatizing War: Private Military and Security Companies under Pub…

by Cameron, Lindsey, Chetail, Vincent

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A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the international legal framework applying to private military and security companies in armed conflict.

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An age of neutrals: great power politics, 1815-1914

by Abbenhuis, Maartje

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An Age of Neutrals provides a pioneering history of neutrality in Europe and the wider world between the Congress of Vienna and the outbreak of the First World War. The `long' nineteenth-century (1815-1914) was an era of unprecedented industrialisation, imperialism and globalisa…

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Order within anarchy: the laws of war as an international institution

by Morrow, James D.

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"Order Within Anarchy focuses on how the laws of war create strategic expectations about how states and their soldiers will act during war, which can help produce restraint. International law as a political institution helps to create such expectations by specifying how violence…

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Cyber operations and the use of force in international law

by Roscini, Marco

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Recent years have seen a significant increase in the scale and sophistication of cyber attacks employed by, or against, states and non-state actors. This book investigates the international legal regime that applies to such attacks, and investigates how far the traditional rules…