International humanitarian law : theory, practice, context /

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Author / Creator:	Thürer, Daniel.
Imprint:	[The Hague] : Hague Academy of International Law, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (500 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Pocketbooks of the Hague Academy of International Law Pocketbooks of the Hague Academy of International Law.
Subject:	Humanitarian law. War (International law) Humanitarian law. War (International law) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11170257

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ISBN:	9047441451 9789047441458 1283970740 9781283970747 9789004179103 9004179100
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	"A collection of law lectures in pocketbook form"--Prelim. Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-500). Print version record.
Summary:	This book is about international humanitarian law or - as it is also called - the ""law of armed conflict""or ""law of war"". It emerged from a series of lectures delivered at the Hague Academy of International Law. The author deals with war and the means by which international law attempts to contain and, as it were, ""humanize"" organized violence. But the ambitions of the author go beyond the battlefield. The book explores the many complex ways in which law functions to regulate warfare, in theory and practice. The author looks into treaties and other sources of international law, but he al.
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