The law of non-international armed conflict / Sandesh Sivakumaran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sivakumaran, Sandesh.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil war.

War (International law).

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 657 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Non-international armed conflicts now far outnumber international ones, but the protection afforded by international law to combatants and civilian is not always clear. This book will set out the legal rules and state practice applicable to internal armed conflicts, drawing on armed conflicts from the US civil war to present day.

Contents:

Pt. I. Regulating non-international armed conflicts

Ad-hoc regulation

Systematic regulation through international humanitarian law

Regulation through a body of international law

The sources of the law on non-international armed conflict

Pt. II. The substantive law of non-international armed conflict

Identifying a non-international armed conflict : armed conflicts and internal tensions and disturbances

Identifying a non-international armed conflict : international and non-international armed conflicts

Scope of application

Protection of civilians and persons hors de combat

Implementation and non-judicial enforcement

Judicial enforcement

Pt. III. Moving forward

Developments needed in the law.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [571]-618) and index.

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ISBN:

0191638145

9780191638145

OCLC:

813536177