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War and law since 1945 / (Record no. 112550)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 94007716
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780198206996
Terms of availability £35.00
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number KZ6385
Item number .B47 1994
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 341.6 BES
Edition number 20
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Best, Geoffrey,
Dates associated with a name 1928-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title War and law since 1945 /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Geoffrey Best.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement Rep
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Oxford :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Clarendon Press ;
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2002
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 434 p. ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-425) and index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Table of Contents<br/>Abbreviations, Short Titles, and Archive References xiii <br/>PART I: THE BACKGROUND TO THE LAWS OF WAR 3 (64)<br/>1. Introduction<br/>3 (11)<br/>War, Law, and the Laws of War<br/>3 (2)<br/>Public International Law, and the Law of War as Part of It<br/>5 (5)<br/>Objectives, Methods, and Limitations of This Book<br/>10 (2)<br/>Terminology and Abbreviations<br/>12 (2)<br/>2. The Laws of War from Early Modern Times to the Second World War<br/>14 (53)<br/>Grotius, Rousseau, and the Non-Combatant<br/>26 (8)<br/>Invasion and Occupation, Blockade and Bombardment<br/>34 (5)<br/>Expansion and Codification of the Law<br/>39 (5)<br/>Non-Combatants and Civilians: Dawn of the Modern Dilemma<br/>44 (3)<br/>The War of 1914-1918 and its Aftermath<br/>47 (13)<br/>The War of 1939-1945<br/>60 (7)<br/>PART II: RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LAWS OF WAR, 1945-1950 67 (168)<br/>3. The United Nations and the New Legal Order of the World<br/>67 (13)<br/>4. The Geneva Conventions of 1949<br/>80 (35)<br/>Approaches to the Diplomatic Conference<br/>80 (19)<br/>The Diplomatic Conference: What Happened, and What did not Happen<br/>99 (16)<br/>5. Making the Geneva Conventions<br/>115 (65)<br/>The Protection of Civilians<br/>115 (8)<br/>The Security of Belligerents<br/>123 (9)<br/>Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked<br/>132 (3)<br/>Prisoners of War<br/>135 (7)<br/>Application and Enforcement<br/>142 (16)<br/>Repression of Violations<br/>158 (10)<br/>Non-International Armed Conflicts<br/>168 (12)<br/>6. The Contribution of the Courts: Nuremberg, Tokyo, and the Rest<br/>180 (55)<br/>War on Land<br/>185 (2)<br/>Military Necessity<br/>187 (1)<br/>Superior Orders and Command Responsibility<br/>188 (4)<br/>Hostages, Collective Punishments, and Reprisals<br/>192 (3)<br/>War at Sea<br/>195 (4)<br/>War in the Air<br/>199 (8)<br/>Entr'acte. How the Development of International Society Differed from the Legislators' Expectations<br/>207 (28)<br/>PART III: LAW AND ARMED CONFLICT SINCE 1950 235 (168)<br/>7. Humanitarian Practice and the Laws of War<br/>235 (18)<br/>The Supposed Equality of Belligerents and Impartiality of Humanitarian Relief<br/>235 (6)<br/>Military Necessity's Moral Anchor in the jus ad bellum<br/>241 (6)<br/>The Spirit of Humanitarianism and the Letter of Law<br/>247 (6)<br/>8. Methods and Means<br/>253 (117)<br/>Combatants, Non-Combatants, and Civilians<br/>253 (13)<br/>Permissions and Prohibitions<br/>266 (6)<br/>Permissions: Military Objectives<br/>272 (4)<br/>Prohibitions:<br/>276 (47)<br/>Terror, Indiscriminate Bombardment, and Starvation<br/>276 (7)<br/>Cultural property and the environment<br/>283 (5)<br/>Perfidy<br/>288 (5)<br/>Prohibited weapons<br/>293 (18)<br/>Reprisals<br/>311 (7)<br/>Safety zones<br/>318 (5)<br/>Precautions and Proportionality<br/>323 (10)<br/>Combatants and Prisoners<br/>333 (8)<br/>The Legislation of the 1970s: The Additional Protocols<br/>341 (6)<br/>Prisoners, Detainees, and the ICRC<br/>347 (23)<br/>9. Application, Implementation, and Enforcement<br/>370 (33)<br/>Epilogue 403 (20)<br/>Multilateral Politics 408 (2)<br/>Humanitarian Public Opinion 410 (4)<br/>The CDDH, 1974-1977 414 (9)<br/>Suggestions for Further Reading 423 (4)<br/>Index 427 <br/>
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element War (International law)
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element War
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 20th century.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element War
General subdivision Moral and ethical aspects
-- History
Chronological subdivision 20th century.
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