The development and principles of international humanitarian law /

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Imprint:Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2012.
Description:xxiv, 562 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:The library of essays in international humanitarian law
Library of essays in international humanitarian law.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8923208
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Other authors / contributors:Schmitt, Michael N.
Heintschel von Heinegg, Wolff.
ISBN:9780754629344 (hbk.)
0754629341 (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth and the law of war / Theodor Meron
  • The legitimation of violence : a critical history of the laws of war / Chris af Jochnick and Roger Normand
  • Some questions of international law in the European War / James W. Garner
  • The new Geneva conventions for the protection of war victims / Jean S. Pictet
  • The chaotic status of the laws of war and the urgent necessity for revision / Josef L. Kunz
  • The laws of war / Josef L. Kunz
  • Progressive development of the laws of war : a reply to criticisms of the 1977 Geneva Protocol I / George H. Aldrich
  • The United States position on the relation of customary international law to the 1977 protocols additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions / Michael J. Matheson
  • International humanitarian law : its remarkable development and its persistent violation / Dietrich Schindler
  • International humanitarian law in the Twenty-First Century / Yves Sandoz
  • Study on customary international humanitarian law : a contribution of the understanding and respect for the rule of law in armed conflict / Jean-Marie Henckaerts
  • The humanization of humanitarian law / Theodor Meron
  • The Martens Clause : half a loaf or simply pie in the sky? / Antonio Cassese
  • The Martens Clause, principles of humanity, and dictates of public conscience / Theodor Meron
  • The undertaking to respect and ensure respect in all circumstances : from tiny seed to ripening fruit / Frits Kalshoven
  • Lincoln, Lieber and the laws of war : the origins and limits of the principle of military necessity / Burrus M. Carnahan
  • The law of war and military necessity / William Gerald Downey, Jr.
  • Military necessity and humanitarian imperatives / G.I.A.D. Draper
  • The principle of the military objective in the law of armed conflict / Horace B. Robertson, Jr.