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Cassese Antionio

The human dimensions of international law : Selected papers - Oxford Oxford University Press 2008 - 539p lix

Contents:
I-The Human Dimension of Wars;
A. General;
1. Current trends in the Development of the Law of Armed Conflict;
2. The Martens Clause: Half a Loaf or Simply Pie in the Sky?
3. Revolution and International Law;
B. Classes of Wars and Belligerents;
4. Wars of National Liberation and Humanitarian Law;
5. Civil War and International Law;
6. The Spanish Civil War and the Development of Customary Law Concerning Internal Armed Conflicts;
7. The Status of Rebels under the 1977 Geneva Protocol on Non-International Armed Conflicts;
C. Means of Warfare;
8. The Prohibition of Indiscriminate Means of Warfare;
9. Weapons Causing Unnecessary Suffering: Are They Prohibited?
10. Means of Warfare: The Traditional and the New Law;
D. Military Occupation;
11. Powers and Duties of an Occupant in Relation to Land and Natural Resources;
12. Legal Considerations on the International Status of Jerusalem;
II - Our Common Rights;
A. Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatments;
13. Prohibition of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
14. Can the Notion of Inhuman and Degrading Treatment be Applied to Socio-Economic Conditions?
15. A New Approach to Human Rights: The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture;
16. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment Comes of Age;
B. Economic Assistance and Human Rights;
17. Foreign Economic Assistance and Respect for Civil and Political Rights: Chile A Case Study;
18. Foreign Economic Assistance and Human Rights: Two Different Approaches;
19. A Contribution by the West to the Struggle against Hunger: the Nestle affair;
III- Fighting State and Individual Criminality;
A. State Criminality v. Individual's Criminal Liability;
20. Remarks on the Present Legal Regulation of Crimes of States;
21. On the Current Trends towards Criminal Prosecution and Punishment of Breaches of International Humanitarian Law;
B. International Crimes of Individuals;
22. The International Community, Terrorism and Human Rights;
23. Terrorism is also Disrupting Some Crucial Legal Categories of International Law;
24. Crimes against Humanity: Comments on Some Problematical Aspects;
C. Respondeat Superior v. Subordinates' Liability;
25. Abraham and Antigone: Two Conflicting Imperatives;
D. New Developments in International Criminal Justice;
26. The Statute of the International Criminal Court: Some Preliminary Reflections ;
Index


ISBN: 978019923918

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. International Law

Dewey Class. No.: 341 CAS / CAS