War law : understanding international law and armed conflicts / Michael Byers.
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TextPublication details: New York : Grove Press, c2005.Description: x, 214 p. ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- 0802118097
- 9780802118097
- 9780802142948
- 080214294X
- Understanding international law and armed conflicts
- KZ6385 B99
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Originally published: Great Britain : Atlantic Books, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-197) and index (p. 200-214).
Part 1: United Nations actions. Security council authorization -- Expanding reach of the security council -- Implied authorization and intentional ambiguity -- Part. 2: Self-defense. 'Inherent right' of self-defense -- Self-defense against terrorism -- Pre-emptive self-defense -- Part 3: Humanitarian intervention. Pro Democratic intervention -- Unilateral humanitarian intervention -- Responsibility to protect -- International law during armed conflict. Protection of civilians -- Protection of combatants and prisoners of war -- War crimes and tribunals.
An examination of the history of armed conflict and international law through a series of case studies of past conflicts, ranging from the 1837 Caroline Incident to the abuse of detainees by U.S. forces at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The author explores the legal controversies that surrounded the 1999 and 2001 interventions in Kosovo and Afghanistan and the 2003 war in Iraq. Presents the development of the law of war in five categories: UN Security Council authorization, self-defense, preemptive war, humanitarian and pro-democratic intervention, and the protection of civilians and combatants during armed conflict.
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