War law : understanding international law and armed conflict /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Grove Press,
2005.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. United Nations action
- Security Council authorization
- Expanding reach of the Security Council
- Implied authorization and international ambiguity
- pt. 2. Self-defence
- 'Inherent right' of self-defence
- Self-defence against terrorism
- Pre-emptive self-defence
- pt. 3. Humanitarian intervention
- Pro-Democratic intervention
- Unilateral humanitarian intervention
- Responsibility to protect
- pt. 4. International law during armed conflict
- Protection of civilians
- Protection of combatants and prisoners of war
- War crimes courts and tribunals
- Epilogue: War law and the single superpower
- Appendix: Charter of the United Nations, 1945.