The Law of Armed Conflict
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The Law of Armed Conflict

International Humanitarian Law in War

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eBook - PDF

The Law of Armed Conflict

International Humanitarian Law in War

About this book

Newly revised and updated, The Law of Armed Conflict, introduces students to the law of war in an age of terrorism. What law of armed conflict (LOAC) or its civilian counterpart, international humanitarian law (IHL), applies in a particular armed conflict? Are terrorists bound by that law? What constitutes a war crime? What (or who) is a lawful target and how are targeting decisions made? What are 'rules of engagement' and who formulates them? How can an autonomous weapon system be bound by the law of armed conflict? Why were the GuantĂĄnamo military commissions a failure? Featuring new chapters, this book takes students through these topics and more, employing real-world examples and legal opinions from the US and abroad. From Nuremberg to 9/11, from courts-martial to the US Supreme Court, from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, the law of war is explained, interpreted, and applied with clarity and depth.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781108831635
eBook ISBN
9781108934718
Edition
3
Topic
Law
Subtopic
International Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface and Acknowledgments
  8. Table of Cases
  9. Table of International Treaties
  10. 1 Rules of War, Laws of War
  11. 2 Codes, Conventions, Declarations, and Regulations
  12. 3 Two World Wars and Their Law of Armed Conflict Results
  13. 4 Protocols and Politics
  14. 5 Conflict Status
  15. 6 Individual Battlefield Status
  16. 7 Law of Armed Conflict’s Core Principles
  17. 8 What Is a “War Crime”?
  18. 9 Obedience to Orders, the First Defense
  19. 10 Command Responsibility
  20. 11 Ruses and Perfidy
  21. 12 Rules of Engagement
  22. 13 Targeting Objects
  23. 14 Targeting Combatants and Others
  24. 15 AI, Autonomous Weapons, Drones, and Targeted Killing
  25. 16 Torture
  26. 17 Cyber in the Law of Armed Conflict
  27. 18 Attacks on Cultural Property
  28. 19 The 1980 Certain Conventional Weapons Convention
  29. 20 Gas, Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Weapons
  30. 21 Military Commissions
  31. 22 Security Detention
  32. References
  33. Index