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Research handbook on international conflict and security law : jus ad bellum, jus in bello and jus post bellum / edited by Nigel D. White, Christian Henderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research Handbooks in International Law Series
- Research handbooks in international law series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War (International law)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- War (International law).
- Security, International--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Security, International.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (698 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This innovative Research Handbook brings together leading international law scholars from around the world to discuss and highlight the contemporary debate regarding issues of conflict prevention and the legality of resorting to the use of armed force through to those arising during an armed conflict and in the in the phase between conflict and peace. The Handbook covers key conceptual topics drawn from across the three areas of jus ad bellum, jus in bello and jus post bellum. The subject matter of the included chapters range from conflict prevention through to reparation and compensation, via
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: international conflict and security law; 1. Conflict prevention; 2. Disarmament and non-proliferation; 3. The prohibition of threats of force; 4. The prohibition of the use of force; 5. The centrality of the United Nations Security Council in the legal regime governing the use of force; 6. A study of the scope and operation of the rights of individual and collective self-defence under international law; 7. The use of force for humanitarian purposes; 8. A taxonomy of armed conflict; 9. Weapons; 10. Targets
- 11. Protected persons in international armed conflicts12. Private military companies; 13. International humanitarian law and human rights law; 14. War crimes; 15. Peace settlements and international law: from lex pacificatoria to jus post bellum; 16. Foreign territorial administration and international trusteeship over people: colonialism, occupation, the mandates and trusteeship arrangements, and international territorial administration; 17. Peacekeeping or war-fighting?; 18. Human rights protection during extra-territorial military operations: perspectives at international and English law
- 19. Reparation and compensationIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-84980-857-0
- OCLC:
- 855504727
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