The conduct of hostilities under the law of international armed conflict /

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Author / Creator:	Dinstein, Yoram.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 275 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	War (International law) Aggression (International law) Aggression (International law) War (International law) Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812569

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ISBN:	0521834368 9780521834360 0511187750 9780511187759 0521542278 9780521542272 0511185081 9780511185083 0511186827 9780511186820 051118591X 9780511185915 9780511817182 0511817185 128044956X 9781280449567 1107149495 9781107149496 0511331436 9780511331435
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	A companion volume to the author's seminal textbook War, Aggression and Self-Defence, Third Edition, Cambridge (2001), this book focuses on issues arising in the course of hostilities between States, with an emphasis on the most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Other form:	Print version: Dinstein, Yoram. Conduct of hostilities under the law of international armed conflict. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgement
Introduction
Table of cases
Table of treaties
List of abbreviations
Part I. The General Framework
1. The sources
2. The semantics
3. Inter-state armed conflicts
4. Military necessity and humanitarian considerations
5. Humanitarian law and human rights
6. Dissemination
Part II. Lawful Combatancy
7. Combatants and civilians
8. Lawful and unlawful combatants
9. The entitlement to prisoners of war status under customary international law
10. The Legal Position under Protocol I of 1977
11. A case study: the war in Afghanistan
12. Mercenaries
13. Armed merchant vessels
Part III. Prohibited Weapons
14. Introduction
15. The principle prohibiting unnecessary suffering
16. Explicit prohibitions and restrictions of certain weapons
17. The status of nuclear weapons
18. Development of new weapons
Part IV. Legitimate Military Objectives
19. The principle of distinction and military objectives
20. The definition of military objectives by nature, location, purpose and use
21. General problems relating to the scope of military objectives
22. Defended and undefended localities in land warfare
23. Special problems relating to sea warfare
24. Special problems relating to air warfare
Part V. The Protection of Civilians and Civilian Objects from Attack
25. Definitions
26. Direct attacks against civilians
27. Indiscriminate attacks
28. The principle of proportionality
29. Legitimate collateral damage
30. Precautions in attack
31. Cessation of protection and 'human shields'
32. Starvation of civilians
Part VI. Measures of Special Protection
33. Persons entitled to special protection
34. Cultural property and places of worship
35. Medical units
36. Works and installations containing dangerous forces
Part VII. Protection of the Environment
37. Introduction
38. The international legal texts
39. The dissimilarities between the ENMOD convention and protocol I
40. A case study: setting fire to oil wells in the Gulf War
41. Conclusion
Part VIII. Other Methods and Means of Warfare
42. Perfidy and ruses of war
43. Espionage
44. Seizure and destruction of enemy property
45. Belligerent reprisals
46. War crimes, command responsibility and defences
47. The definition of war crimes
48. The Distinction between war criminals and unlawful combatants
49. Command responsibility
50. Admissible and inadmissible defences
General conclusions
Index

The conduct of hostilities under the law of international armed conflict /

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