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Essays on the modern law of war / Leslie C. Green.

By: Publication details: Ardsley, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers, c1999.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 604 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781571050694
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.6 GRE 21
LOC classification:
  • KZ6385 .G74 1999
Contents:
Contents: What is-why is there--the law of war; Cicero and Clausewitz or Quincy Wright? The interplay of law and war; Armed conflict, war and self-defense; Nuclear weapons and the law of armed conflict; The international judicial process and the law of armed conflict; The man in the field and the maxim ignorantia juris non excusat; Superior orders and the reasonable man; War crimes, crimes against humanity and command responsibility. "Unnecessary suffering," weapons control and the law of war; Enforcement of the law in international and noninternational conflicts: the way ahead; The Azad Hind Fauj (the Indian National Army); Human rights and the law of armed conflict; Group rights, war crimes and crimes against humanity; War law and the medical profession; The status of mercenaries in international law; Aerial considerations in the law of armed conflict.
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Contents:
What is-why is there--the law of war;
Cicero and Clausewitz or Quincy Wright? The interplay of law and war;
Armed conflict, war and self-defense;
Nuclear weapons and the law of armed conflict;
The international judicial process and the law of armed conflict;
The man in the field and the maxim ignorantia juris non excusat;
Superior orders and the reasonable man;
War crimes, crimes against humanity and command responsibility. "Unnecessary suffering," weapons control and the law of war;
Enforcement of the law in international and noninternational conflicts: the way ahead;
The Azad Hind Fauj (the Indian National Army);
Human rights and the law of armed conflict;
Group rights, war crimes and crimes against humanity;
War law and the medical profession;
The status of mercenaries in international law;
Aerial considerations in the law of armed conflict.

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