International Law and Armed Conflict

International Law and Armed Conflict

Author: Lauroe R. Blank

Publisher: Aspen Publishing

Published: 2021-07-30

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 1543835546

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The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities, plus an outline tool and other helpful resources. International Law and Armed Conflict: Fundamental Principles and Contemporary Challenges in the Law of War uses vivid stories and cases to bring basic principles of law and current challenges to life in the classroom. With over 50 years’ combined experience and expertise teaching and working in the military, think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, and academia, Laurie R. Blank and Gregory P. Noone create a complete framework for understanding the law and policy applicable in times of armed conflict, tying in coverage of human rights and national security law. New to the Second Edition: New technologies and the law of armed conflict, including cyber, unmanned aerial vehicles, and autonomous weapons systems The conflict in Syria, including ISIS, genocide, and chemical weapons attacks Humanitarian assistance and the challenges of protecting the civilian population in urban conflicts Contemporary debates regarding detention in non-international armed conflict, human rights law, and targeted killing Key benefits for professors and students: Real-life stories, vignettes, and hypothetical scenarios bring focused energy to analysis and discussion of front-page issues Basic legal principles and policy inform and frame contemporary issues, as well as tomorrow’s unanswered questions and challenges Protection of civilians Contemporary weapons—lethal autonomous weapons, cyber operations, outer space Conflicts with terrorist groups Integrated coverage of related fields, such as human rights and national security law, provides a more complete picture of the legal paradigm that applies to armed conflict


Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019

Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019

Author: Md. Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-11-11

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9004375546

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This book examines the development of international humanitarian law (IHL), the protection of the victims of armed conflict, the IHL from a Third World perspective, the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution under Islamic law and the issues faced in implementing IHL.


New Battlefields/Old Laws

New Battlefields/Old Laws

Author: William C. Banks

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2011-10-25

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0231526563

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An internationally-recognized authority on constitutional law, national security law, and counterterrorism, William C. Banks believes changing patterns of global conflict are forcing a reexamination of the traditional laws of war. The Hague Rules, the customary laws of war, and the post-1949 law of armed conflict no longer account for nonstate groups waging prolonged campaigns of terrorism—or even more conventional insurgent attacks. Recognizing that many of today's conflicts are low-intensity, asymmetrical wars fought between disparate military forces, Banks's collection analyzes nonstate armed groups and irregular forces (such as terrorist and insurgent groups, paramilitaries, child soldiers, civilians participating in hostilities, and private military firms) and their challenge to international humanitarian law. Both he and his contributors believe gaps in the laws of war leave modern battlefields largely unregulated, and they fear state parties suffer without guidelines for responding to terrorists and their asymmetrical tactics, such as the targeting of civilians. These gaps also embolden weaker, nonstate combatants to exploit forbidden strategies and violate the laws of war. Attuned to the contested nature of post-9/11 security and policy, this collection juxtaposes diverse perspectives on existing laws and their application in contemporary conflict. It sets forth a legal definition of new wars, describes the status of new actors, charts the evolution of the twenty-first-century battlefield, and balances humanitarian priorities with military necessity. While the contributors contest each other, they ultimately reestablish the legitimacy of a long-standing legal corpus, and they rehumanize an environment in which the most vulnerable targets, civilian populations, are themselves becoming weapons against conventional power.


Humanizing the Laws of War

Humanizing the Laws of War

Author: Robin Geiß

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-06-15

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1107171350

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An analysis of the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in international norm creation and the progressive development of international humanitarian law.


International Law And Armed Conflict, Exploring the Faultlines

International Law And Armed Conflict, Exploring the Faultlines

Author: Michael N. Schmitt

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 629

ISBN-13: 9004154280

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International law and armed conflict exist in a symbiotic relationship. In some cases, law shapes conflict proactively by imposing normative limits in advance of the appearance of proscribed conduct. Much more commonly, armed conflict either reveals lacunae in the law or demonstrates how law designed for yesterday's wars falls short when applied to contemporary conflict. When that happens, international law reacts by allowing provisions to fall into desuetude, embracing new interpretations of existing prescriptions, or generating new norms through practice or codification. In the 21st Century, both international security and armed conflict are the subject of arguably unprecedented sea changes. As a result, claims that both the" jus ad bellum" and "jus in bello" are unwieldy and ill-fitting in the context of modern hostilities have surfaced prominently. Whether one agrees with such dire assessments, what has become clear is that armed conflict is increasingly exposing faultlines in the law governing the resort to force. The intent of this collection of essays in honour of Professor Yoram Dinstein on the occasion of his 70th birthday is to explore such faultlines, first by identifying them and then by assessing their consequences. In a sense, then, the essays, contributed by the top minds in the field, will serve to assist academics and practitioners to anticipate pressure on the law governing armed conflict and, to the extent possible, react accordingly. Paralleling Professor Dinstein's classic works - "War, Aggression, and Self-Defence and The Conduct of Hostilities Under the Law of International Armed Conflict "? the book addresses both "ius ad bellum" and "ius in bello" topics.


The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict

The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict

Author: Andrew Clapham

Publisher:

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 1009

ISBN-13: 0199559694

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Written by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts, this Oxford Handbook gives an analytical overview of international law as it applies in armed conflicts. The Handbook draws on international humanitarian law, human rights law, and the law of neutrality to provide a comprehensive picture of the status of law in war.


International Law and New Wars

International Law and New Wars

Author: Christine Chinkin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-04-27

Total Pages: 611

ISBN-13: 1107171210

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Examines the difficulties in applying international law to recent armed conflicts known as 'new wars'.


International Humanitarian Law

International Humanitarian Law

Author: Marco Sassòli

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-02-12

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 1800886918

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In this thoroughly updated second edition of what has quickly become the definitive text in the field of international humanitarian law (IHL), leading expert Marco Sassòli evaluates the application of IHL, the way in which hostilities should be conducted against an adversary, and the pertinence of traditional distinctions, such as that between international and non-international armed conflicts.