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An introduction to the international law of armed conflicts / Robert Kolb and Richard Hyde.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kolb, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarian law.
- War (International law).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (372 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- International law of armed conflicts
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This book provides a modern and basic introduction to a branch of international law constantly gaining in importance in international life, namely international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict). It is constructed in a way suitable for self-study. The subject-matters are discussed in self-contained chapters, allowing each to be studied independently of the others. Among the subject-matters discussed are, inter alia: the Relationship between jus ad bellum / jus in bello; Historical Evolution of IHL; Basic Principles and Sources of IHL; Martens Clause; International and Non-International Armed Conflicts; Material, Spatial, Personal and Temporal Scope of Application of IHL; Special Agreements under IHL; Role of the ICRC; Targeting; Objects Specifically Protected against Attack; Prohibited Weapons; Perfidy; Reprisals; Assistance of the Wounded and Sick; Definition of Combatants; Protection of Prisoners of War; Protection of Civilians; Occupied Territories; Protective Emblems; Sea Warfare; Neutrality; Implementation of IHL."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- The law of armed conflict as a branch of public international law
- Jus ad bellum : main components
- Jus in bello : main components
- The separation between jus ad bellum and jus in bello in modern international law : equality of the belligerents and just war
- Total war and limited war
- Historical evolution of the LOAC
- Basic principles of the LOAC
- Main sources of the LOAC
- The Martens clause
- International and non-international armed conflicts
- Applicability of the LOAC : material scope of applicability
- Applicability of the LOAC : personal scope of applicability
- Applicability of the LOAC : spatial scope of applicability
- Applicability of the LOAC : temporal scope of applicability
- Applicability of the LOAC by special agreements
- The role of the International Committee of the Red Cross
- Targeting : the principle of distinction between civilian and military objectives
- Other objectives specifically protected against attack
- Prohibited weapons
- Perfidy and ruses
- Some other prohibited means and methods of warfare
- Belligerent reprisals
- Command responsibility
- Assistance, respect, and protection of wounded and sick military persons
- The definition of combatants
- Protection of prisoners of war
- General protection of civilians
- Occupied territories (belligerent occupation)
- The 'intangible' nature of the LOAC rights
- Protective emblems
- Sea warfare
- Non-international armed conflicts in particular
- The relationship between the LOAC and human rights law
- Neutrality
- The implementation of the LOAC.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612048494
- 9781847317032
- 1847317030
- 9781472564498
- 1472564499
- 9781282048492
- 128204849X
- 9781847314604
- 1847314600
- OCLC:
- 476252995
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