02468cam a2200337Ma 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019008004100036010001700077020002800094020003100122020002900153020001500182035004100197040002400238050001600262100009100278245008500369246005600454260003700510300002400547336002100571500006400592504007700656505056300733520062501296650002801921650001701949650002301966758014101989on1154372943OCoLC20241210132909.0050929s2005    nyu      b    001 0 eng d  a  2005045641  a0802118097q(hardcover)  a9780802118097q(hardcover)  a9780802142948qpaperback  a080214294X  a(OCoLC)1154372943z(OCoLC)1439956679  bengcGAFCSC LIBRARY 4aKZ6385bB991 aByers, Michael,d1966-1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmhPDxpMWJpYrTpXBJYyd10aWar law :bunderstanding international law and armed conflicts /cMichael Byers.3 aUnderstanding international law and armed conflicts  aNew York :bGrove Press,cc2005.  ax, 214 p. ;c22 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aOriginally published: Great Britain : Atlantic Books, 2005.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 186-197) and index (p. 200-214).0 aPart 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.  aAn 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. 0aWar (International law) 0aWarxCauses. 0aJust war doctrine.  ihas work:aWar law (Text)1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGpHwgxK4VFh76XXppWKwK4https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork