From mercenaries to market : the rise and regulation of private military companies / edited by Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chesterman, Simon.

Lehnardt, Chia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police, Private.

Private security services--Law and legislation.

Private security services.

Mercenary troops.

Security, International.

Private military companies.

Mercenary troops (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The contributors to this text consider the growing importance of private military companies and efforts to regulate their activities.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Table of Cases""; ""Table of Treaties and Legislation""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""I. CONCERNS""; ""1. Morality and regulation""; ""2. What should and what should not be regulated?""; ""3. Regulating the role of private military companies in shaping security and politics""; ""II. CHALLENGES""; ""4. Weak governments in search of strength: Africa�s experience of mercenaries and private military companies""; ""5. A government in search of cover: Private military companies in Iraq""

""6. Transitional states in search of support: Private military companies and security sector reform""""III. NORMS""; ""7. Private military companies under international humanitarian law""; ""8. Private military companies and state responsibility""; ""9. Domestic regulation: Licensing regimes for the export of military goods and services""; ""IV. MARKETS""; ""10. The emerging market for private military services and the problems of regulation""; ""11. Make or buy? Principal-agent theory and the regulation of private military companies""

""12. Contract as a tool for regulating private military companies""""13. The future of the market""; ""14. Conclusion: From mercenaries to market""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Notes:

"A project of the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University School of Law."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-270) and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-171143-8

1-283-58043-8

9786613892881

0-19-156651-9

OCLC:

402467030