Robert Kolb, Richard Hyde

An Introduction to the International Law of Armed Conflicts (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a modern and basic introduction to a branch of international law constantly gaining in importance in international life, namely international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict). It is constructed in a way suitable for self-study. The subject-matters are discussed in self-contained chapters, allowing each to be studied independently of the others. Among the subject-matters discussed are, inter alia: the Relationship between jus ad bellum / jus in bello; Historical Evolution of IHL; Basic Principles and Sources of IHL; Martens Clause; International and Non-International Armed Conflicts; Material, Spatial, Personal and Temporal Scope of Application of IHL; Special Agreements under IHL; Role of the ICRC; Targeting; Objects Specifically Protected against Attack; Prohibited Weapons; Perfidy; Reprisals; Assistance of the Wounded and Sick; Definition of Combatants; Protection of Prisoners of War; Protection of Civilians; Occupied Territories; Protective Emblems; Sea Warfare; Neutrality; Implementation of IHL.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847317032
• Artikelnr.: 41510966

Autorenporträt

Robert Kolb is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Geneva.