War Law: Understanding International Law and Armed ConflictOpen Road + Grove/Atlantic, 1 дек. 2007 г. - Всего страниц: 224 “Professor Byers’s book goes to the heart of some of the most bitterly contested recent controversies about the International Rule of Law.” —Chris Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University International law governing the use of military force has been the subject of intense public debate. Under what conditions is it appropriate, or necessary, for a country to use force when diplomacy has failed? Michael Byers, a widely known world expert on international law, weighs these issues in War Law. Byers examines the history of armed conflict and international law through a series of case studies of past conflicts, ranging from the 1837 Caroline Incident to the abuse of detainees by US forces at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Byers explores the legal controversies that surrounded the 1999 and 2001 interventions in Kosovo and Afghanistan and the 2003 war in Iraq; the development of international humanitarian law from the 1859 Battle of Solferino to the present; and the role of war crimes tribunals and the International Criminal Court. He also considers the unique influence of the United States in the evolution of this extremely controversial area of international law. War Law is neither a textbook nor a treatise, but a fascinating account of a highly controversial topic that is necessary reading for fans of military history and general readers alike. “Should be read, and pondered, by those who are seriously concerned with the legacy we will leave to future generations.” —Noam Chomsky |
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... Bush, spoke openly about issues of international law. Pundits pontificated and millions of people marched in the streets, yet there was considerable confusion about the international rules of war. This book aims to provide the ...
... Bush, spoke openly about issues of international law. Pundits pontificated and millions of people marched in the streets, yet there was considerable confusion about the international rules of war. This book aims to provide the ...
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... Bush's invasion of Iraq, and widespread domestic concern about the wisdom and legality of that action, was not above grasping at legal straws. It should come as no surprise that the law on the use of force is politicized. Prussian ...
... Bush's invasion of Iraq, and widespread domestic concern about the wisdom and legality of that action, was not above grasping at legal straws. It should come as no surprise that the law on the use of force is politicized. Prussian ...
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... Bush Administration has accepted the Israeli claim, while European governments regard the same acts as 'extrajudicial killings', which are illegal under international law. Another debate over self-defence concerns whether, and to what ...
... Bush Administration has accepted the Israeli claim, while European governments regard the same acts as 'extrajudicial killings', which are illegal under international law. Another debate over self-defence concerns whether, and to what ...
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... Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive self-defence. Over time, the combination of predominant military power and the deliberate pursuit of normative change will test, stretch and sometimes alter the limits of international law. Yet the existence ...
... Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive self-defence. Over time, the combination of predominant military power and the deliberate pursuit of normative change will test, stretch and sometimes alter the limits of international law. Yet the existence ...
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... Bush spoke proudly of the 'new world order' that was reflected in this exercise in global multilateralism. Unfortunately, Bush's new order was remarkably fragile, as events in the Balkans soon demonstrated. War consumed Bosnia ...
... Bush spoke proudly of the 'new world order' that was reflected in this exercise in global multilateralism. Unfortunately, Bush's new order was remarkably fragile, as events in the Balkans soon demonstrated. War consumed Bosnia ...
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Implied Authorization and Intentional Ambiguity | 40 |
Inherent Right of Selfdefence | 53 |
Preemptive Selfdefence | 72 |
ProDemocratic Intervention | 85 |
Responsibility to Protect | 104 |
Protection of Combatants and Prisoners of War | 127 |
War Law and the Single Superpower | 147 |
Further Reading | 186 |
Index | 200 |
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