02694cam a2200409Ma 4500 on1154372943 OCoLC 20241210132909.0 050929s2005 nyu b 001 0 eng d 2005045641 0802118097 (hardcover) 9780802118097 (hardcover) 9780802142948 paperback 080214294X AU@ 000076377145 AU@ 000076449542 AU@ 000076619753 (OCoLC)1154372943 (OCoLC)1439956679 eng GAFCSC LIBRARY KZ6385 B99 Byers, Michael, 1966- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmhPDxpMWJpYrTpXBJYyd War law : understanding international law and armed conflicts / Michael Byers. Understanding international law and armed conflicts New York : Grove Press, c2005. x, 214 p. ; 22 cm. text rdacontent 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. War (International law) War Causes. Just war doctrine. has work: War law (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGpHwgxK4VFh76XXppWKwK https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork lcc BK KZ6385 B99 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 15 OTHER HOLDINGS 2917 2917 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-12-10 0 KZ6385 B99 2024-4441 2024-12-10 13:29:43 C.1 (1) 2024-12-10 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-12-10 0 KZ6385 B99 2024-4442 2024-12-10 13:29:43 C.1 (2) 2024-12-10 BK