Civility, Barbarism and the Evolution of International Humanitarian Law

Who Do the Laws of War Protect?
Herausgeber: Killingsworth, Matt; Mccormack, Tim

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Produktbeschreibung

"The history of conflict is replete with examples of exclusions from protections designed to moderate warfare. This edited volume explores how protections in modern warfare might be informed by notions of 'civility' and 'barbarism', and asks if only those deemed to be civilised are afforded protections prescribed by the laws of war"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9781108488495
• ISBN-10: 1108488498
• Artikelnr.: 69073931

Inhaltsangabe

1. Civility, barbarism and the evolution of international humanitarian law:
who do the laws of war protect?: introduction Matt Killingsworth and Tim
McCormack; 2. Sieges and the laws of war in Europe's long eighteenth
century Gavin Daly; 3. All's fair in love and war or the limits of the
limitations: juridification of warfare and its revocation by military
necessity Milo Vec; 4. Cultivating humanitarianism: moral sentiment and
international humanitarian law in the civilizing process Richard Devetak;
5. Limits to the scope of humanity as a constraint on the conduct of war
Tim McCormack, Siobhain Galea and Daniel Westbury; 6. The state, civility
and international humanitarian law Matt Killingsworth; 7. Operationalising
distinction in South Sudan: humanitarian decision-making about military
asset use Rebecca Sutton; 8. Private military and security companies and
international humanitarian law: the montreux document Rebecca Shaw; 9.
Protecting warfighters from superfluous injury and unnecessary suffering
Rain Liivoja; 10. Blurring the lines: how are female child soldiers
protected by the laws of war? Rosemary Grey; 11. A step back to take a step
forward: the future of justice in conflict Mark Kersten.