On the recent US treatment of detainees in Guantanamo Bay in the "War on Terror", this book draws on considerable legal precedent, legal theory, and policy arguments to make the case that it is time for the law relating to the regulation of armed conflicts to be more uniformly applied. Readership: Scholars of international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and international criminal law; post-graduate students; practitioners in these areas.
This book looks at why international law continues to make the legal distinction between persons who participate in an international or an internal armed conflict.
This book provides an accessible, scholarly, and up-to-date examination of international humanitarian law, offering a comprehensive and logical discussion and analysis of the law.
This book looks at different forms of civilian participation in armed conflict, examining the pressure this disruptive practice places on the traditional laws of war.
This series emerged through the vision of the late Antonio Cassese.
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).
In the absence of ratifications of important treaties in this area, this is clearly a publication of major importance, carried out at the express request of the international community.
This book offers the definitive and comprehensive statement of all aspects of the law of targeting. It is a 'one-stop shop' that answers all relevant questions in depth.
The Commander's Handbook on the Law ofLand Warfare
Written by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts, this Oxford Handbook gives an analytical overview of international law as it applies in armed conflicts.
Law on the Battlefield