Of War and Law

Of War and Law

Author: David Kennedy

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2009-01-10

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1400827361

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Modern war is law pursued by other means. Once a bit player in military conflict, law now shapes the institutional, logistical, and physical landscape of war. At the same time, law has become a political and ethical vocabulary for marking legitimate power and justifiable death. As a result, the battlespace is as legally regulated as the rest of modern life. In Of War and Law, David Kennedy examines this important development, retelling the history of modern war and statecraft as a tale of the changing role of law and the dramatic growth of law's power. Not only a restraint and an ethical yardstick, law can also be a weapon--a strategic partner, a force multiplier, and an excuse for terrifying violence. Kennedy focuses on what can go wrong when humanitarian and military planners speak the same legal language--wrong for humanitarianism, and wrong for warfare. He argues that law has beaten ploughshares into swords while encouraging the bureaucratization of strategy and leadership. A culture of rules has eroded the experience of personal decision-making and responsibility among soldiers and statesmen alike. Kennedy urges those inside and outside the military who wish to reduce the ferocity of battle to understand the new roles--and the limits--of law. Only then will we be able to revitalize our responsibility for war.


The Law of War

The Law of War

Author: William H. Boothby

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-03-29

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1108427588

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A detailed and highly authoritative critical commentary appraising the vitally important United States Department of Defense Law of War Manual.


War Law

War Law

Author: Michael Byers

Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 155584846X

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“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


The United States Department of Defense Law of War Manual

The United States Department of Defense Law of War Manual

Author: Michael A. Newton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-24

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 1316999734

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The United States Department of Defense Law of War Manual: Commentary and Critique provides an irreplaceable resource for any politician, international expert, or military practitioner who wishes to understand the approach taken by the American military in the complex range of modern conflicts. Readers will understand the strengths and weaknesses of US legal and policy pronouncements and the reasons behind the modern American way of war, whether US forces deploy alone or in coalitions. This book provides unprecedented and precise analysis of the US approach to the most pressing problems in modern wars, including controversies surrounding use of human shields, fighting in urban areas, the use of cyberwar and modern weaponry, expanding understanding of human rights, and the rise of ISIS. This group of authors, including academics and military practitioners, provides a wealth of expertise that demystifies overlapping threads of law and policy amidst the world's seemingly intractable conflicts.


War and the Law of Nations

War and the Law of Nations

Author: Stephen C. Neff

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-08-04

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9780521662055

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This 2005 volume is a history of war, from an international law perspective, from Roman times to the present.


The Law of War

The Law of War

Author: Ingrid Detter de Lupis Frankopan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-09-28

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 9780521787758

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Law and War

Law and War

Author: Austin Sarat

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2014-01-08

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0804788863

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Law and War explores the cultural, historical, spatial, and theoretical dimensions of the relationship between law and war—a connection that has long vexed the jurisprudential imagination. Historically the term "war crime" struck some as redundant and others as oxymoronic: redundant because war itself is criminal; oxymoronic because war submits to no law. More recently, the remarkable trend toward the juridification of warfare has emerged, as law has sought to stretch its dominion over every aspect of the waging of armed struggle. No longer simply a tool for judging battlefield conduct, law now seeks to subdue warfare and to enlist it into the service of legal goals. Law has emerged as a force that stands over and above war, endowed with the power to authorize and restrain, to declare and limit, to justify and condemn. In examining this fraught, contested, and evolving relationship, Law and War investigates such questions as: What can efforts to subsume war under the logic of law teach us about the aspirations and limits of law? How have paradigms of law and war changed as a result of the contact with new forms of struggle? How has globalization and continuing practices of occupation reframed the relationship between law and war?


Laws of War and 21st Century Conflict

Laws of War and 21st Century Conflict

Author: E. L. Gaston

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781617700262

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The Laws of War and 21st Century Conflict explores how international law considers and confronts the so-called new warfare. To many, modern conflict appears unlike any we have known before. A modern battlefield might as easily be found in an urban shopping mall or in the frontline trenches of a failed state. Weaponry that once populated science fiction novels and movies is now a reality, with unmanned aerial drones used against military targets in several countries and automated robots replacing some soldiers on the battlefield. Globalization and the diffusion of technology have eroded state controls and empowered other actors, from terrorist groups to mercenaries. Now, the most deadly threats might be activated by the push of a cell-phone button or from a computer hacker's screen on the other side of the world.


Documents on the Laws of War

Documents on the Laws of War

Author: Adam Roberts

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 9780198256571

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The first edition of this book became a standard work in the field, and it has been extensively revised and updated for the second edition. It is prepared with assistance from the official Depositaries of the various international agreements, and is an essential reference book for statesmen and diplomats, lawyers, journalists, and students of international relations and law. From reviews of the first edition: `Roberts and Guelff rely on the documents to speak for themselves, and are right to do so. Their becoming generally available in this neat and usable form is an event of much importance for all who take a serious interest in humanitarian law and endeavour, and the limitation of men's violence towards men.'New Society


Of War and Law

Of War and Law

Author: David Kennedy

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2006-09-10

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0691128642

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Retelling the history of modern war and statecraft as a tale of the changing role of law and the dramatic growth of law's power, this book focuses on what can go wrong when humanitarian and military planners speak the same legal language - wrong for humanitarianism, and wrong for warfare.