Necessity in international law /
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| Author / Creator: | Ohlin, Jens David, author. |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016. ©2016 |
| Description: | xi, 280 pages ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10892071 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Three Kinds of Necessity: Exception, License, and Constraint
- II. A Roadmap
- III. Normative Prescriptions
- Part A. Necessity & Jus ad Bellum
- 1. Necessity and the Principle of Last Resort in the Just War Tradition
- I. Defining Aggression in the Just War Tradition
- II. Gentili and the Justification of Offensive War
- III. Grotius on Fear of Attack
- IV. The Grotian Principles of Last Resort and Ad Bellum Necessity
- V. Last Resort as the Ultimate Restraint
- VI. Equally Efficacious Means
- VII. Conclusion
- 2. Necessity and the Use of Force in International Law
- I. Necessity under Customary and Treaty Law
- II. Necessity in Investor-State Arbitration
- III. Necessity in Jus ad Bellum Violations
- IV. Necessity as a Component of Self-Defense
- V. Conclusion
- Part B. Necessity & Jus in Bella
- 3. Necessity and Discrimination in Just War Theory
- I. Necessity and Discrimination in Early Modern Just War Theory
- II. Necessity and Humane Treatment
- III. Luck and Necessity
- IV. Military Necessity as a Form of Practical Necessity
- V. Relating Jus in Bello Proportionality and Necessity
- 4. The Foundations of Necessity in IHL
- I. The ICRC and Necessity
- II. Lieber's Conception of Necessity
- III. Military Necessity at the Nuremberg Tribunals
- IV. What's Right and What's Wrong with Lieber's Necessity
- V. Conclusion
- 5. Necessity in Human Rights Law and IHL
- I. Human Rights Necessity
- II. Combining Human Rights Necessity with IHL Necessity
- III. Conclusion
- 6. Necessity in Criminal Law
- I. Necessity in Domestic Criminal Law
- II. No Constraints on the Necessity Defense
- III. Ad Hoc Constraints
- IV. Principled Constraints
- V. Conclusion
- 7. Striking a Balance between Humanity and Necessity
- I. Humanity
- II. Humanitarianism and Human Dignity
- III. Humane Treatment
- IV. Dignity and Vulnerability
- V. Humanitarian Rights
- VI. Concluding Thoughts on the Principles of Humanity and Necessity
- Part C. Applying Necessity to Contemporary Conflicts
- 8. Combatants and Civilians in Asymmetric Wars
- I. Pirates and Insurgents at War
- II. Grotius on Nonstate Actors in War
- III. Jus ad Bellum Issues
- IV. Jus in Bello Issues
- V. Civil Wars and Civilians
- 9. Disabling versus Killing in War
- I. Specific Prohibitions versus General Duties
- II. The Hors de Combat Argument
- III. Least Harmful Means Test at the Geneva Negotiations
- IV. Should Jus in Bello Require Disabling before Killing?
- V. Necessity and Killing Fleeing Soldiers
- 10. The Duty to Capture
- I. Is Capture Required by Jus in Bello Necessity?
- II. Are Different Rules for Civilians and Combatants Morally Legitimate?
- III. Capture as a Requirement of Constitutional Necessity
- IV. The Moral Arguments for a Duty to Capture
- 11. Force Protection
- I. Understanding Force Protection
- II. Jus ad Bellum Necessity and Force Protection
- III. Jus in Bello Necessity and Force Protection
- IV. The Hannibal Procedure
- V. Reasonable Force Protection
- Conclusion
- Index
