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Best, Geoffrey, 1928-

War and law since 1945 / Geoffrey Best. - Rep - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2002 - xiv, 434 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-425) and index.

Table of Contents
Abbreviations, Short Titles, and Archive References xiii
PART I: THE BACKGROUND TO THE LAWS OF WAR 3 (64)
1. Introduction
3 (11)
War, Law, and the Laws of War
3 (2)
Public International Law, and the Law of War as Part of It
5 (5)
Objectives, Methods, and Limitations of This Book
10 (2)
Terminology and Abbreviations
12 (2)
2. The Laws of War from Early Modern Times to the Second World War
14 (53)
Grotius, Rousseau, and the Non-Combatant
26 (8)
Invasion and Occupation, Blockade and Bombardment
34 (5)
Expansion and Codification of the Law
39 (5)
Non-Combatants and Civilians: Dawn of the Modern Dilemma
44 (3)
The War of 1914-1918 and its Aftermath
47 (13)
The War of 1939-1945
60 (7)
PART II: RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LAWS OF WAR, 1945-1950 67 (168)
3. The United Nations and the New Legal Order of the World
67 (13)
4. The Geneva Conventions of 1949
80 (35)
Approaches to the Diplomatic Conference
80 (19)
The Diplomatic Conference: What Happened, and What did not Happen
99 (16)
5. Making the Geneva Conventions
115 (65)
The Protection of Civilians
115 (8)
The Security of Belligerents
123 (9)
Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked
132 (3)
Prisoners of War
135 (7)
Application and Enforcement
142 (16)
Repression of Violations
158 (10)
Non-International Armed Conflicts
168 (12)
6. The Contribution of the Courts: Nuremberg, Tokyo, and the Rest
180 (55)
War on Land
185 (2)
Military Necessity
187 (1)
Superior Orders and Command Responsibility
188 (4)
Hostages, Collective Punishments, and Reprisals
192 (3)
War at Sea
195 (4)
War in the Air
199 (8)
Entr'acte. How the Development of International Society Differed from the Legislators' Expectations
207 (28)
PART III: LAW AND ARMED CONFLICT SINCE 1950 235 (168)
7. Humanitarian Practice and the Laws of War
235 (18)
The Supposed Equality of Belligerents and Impartiality of Humanitarian Relief
235 (6)
Military Necessity's Moral Anchor in the jus ad bellum
241 (6)
The Spirit of Humanitarianism and the Letter of Law
247 (6)
8. Methods and Means
253 (117)
Combatants, Non-Combatants, and Civilians
253 (13)
Permissions and Prohibitions
266 (6)
Permissions: Military Objectives
272 (4)
Prohibitions:
276 (47)
Terror, Indiscriminate Bombardment, and Starvation
276 (7)
Cultural property and the environment
283 (5)
Perfidy
288 (5)
Prohibited weapons
293 (18)
Reprisals
311 (7)
Safety zones
318 (5)
Precautions and Proportionality
323 (10)
Combatants and Prisoners
333 (8)
The Legislation of the 1970s: The Additional Protocols
341 (6)
Prisoners, Detainees, and the ICRC
347 (23)
9. Application, Implementation, and Enforcement
370 (33)
Epilogue 403 (20)
Multilateral Politics 408 (2)
Humanitarian Public Opinion 410 (4)
The CDDH, 1974-1977 414 (9)
Suggestions for Further Reading 423 (4)
Index 427


ISBN: 9780198206996 £35.00

LCCN: 94007716

Subjects--Topical Terms:
War (International law)--History.
War--History--20th century.
War--Moral and ethical aspects--History--20th century.

LC Class. No.: KZ6385 / .B47 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 341.6 BES