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Solis, Gary D.,

The law of armed conflict international humanitarian law in war / [Texte imprime] : Gary D. Solis ... - Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 1 vol. (XXXI-659 p.) : couv. ill. en coul. ; 26 cm

Bibliogr. p. 623-652. Index.

Law of armed conflict : international humanitarian law in war. Rules of war, laws of war -- Codes, conventions, declarations, and regulations -- Two world wars and their law of armed conflict results -- Protocols and politics -- Law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law : a framework. Conflict status -- Individual battlefield status -- Law of armed conflict's four core principles -- What is a "war crime"? -- Law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law : battlefield issues. Obedience to orders, the first defense -- Command responsibility and Respondeat Superior -- Ruses and perfidy -- Torture -- Rules of engagement -- Targeting -- Attacks on cultural property -- The 1980 Certain Conventional Weapons Convention -- Gas, biological, and chemical weapons treaties.

ISBN: 9780521870887 0521870887

Standard No.: 9780521870887

LCCN: 2009027819

Subjects--Topical Terms:
War (International law)
Humanitarian law.
Humanitarian law.
War (International law)

LC Class. No.: KZ6385 / S4