An introduction to the international law of armed conflicts
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An introduction to the international law of armed conflicts
Hart Pub., 2008
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-335) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Part I Introduction
1. The Law of Armed Conflict as a Branch of Public International Law
2. Jus Ad Bellum: Main Components 9
3. Jus In Bello: Main Components
4. The Separation Between Jus Ad Bellum and Jus In Bello in Modern International Law: Equality of the Belligerents and Just War
5. Total War and Limited War
Part II The Law of Armed Conflicts
6. Historical Evolution of the LOAC
7. Basic Principles of the LOAC
8. Main Sources of the LOAC
9. The Martens Clause
10. International and Non-International Armed Conflicts
11. Applicability of the LOAC: Material Scope of Applicability
12. Applicability of the LOAC: Personal Scope of Applicability
13. Applicability of the LOAC: Spatial Scope of Applicability
14. Applicability of the LOAC: Temporal Scope of Applicability
15. Applicability of the LOAC by Special Agreements
16. The Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross
17. Targeting: the Principle of Distinction Between Civilian and Military Objectives
18. Other Objectives Specifically Protected Against Attack
19. Prohibited Weapons
20. Perfidy and Ruses
21. Some Other Prohibited Means and Methods of Warfare
22. Belligerent Reprisals 173
23. Command Responsibility
24. Assistance, Respect and Protection of Wounded and Sick Military Persons
25. The Definition of Combatants
26. Protection of Prisoners of War
27. General Protection of Civilians
28. Occupied Territories (Belligerent Occupation)
29. The 'Intangible' Nature of the LOAC Rights
30. Protective Emblems
31. Sea Warfare
32. Non-International Armed Conflicts in Particular
33. The Relationship Between the LOAC and Human Rights Law
34. Neutrality
35. The Implementation of the LOAC
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