The distinction and relationship between jus ad bellum and jus in bello

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    • 沖本, 慶一郎 オキモト, ケイイチロウ

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The distinction and relationship between jus ad bellum and jus in bello

Keiichiro Okimoto

(Studies in international law, v. 33)

Hart, 2011

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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge

Bibliography: p. [301]-329

Includes index

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Description

This book explores the distinction and relationship between two principal branches of international law regulating the use of force: jus ad bellum (international law regulating the resort to force) and jus in bello (international humanitarian law). Two principles traditionally govern the relationship between the two: 1) separation of jus ad bellum and jus in bello and 2) equal application of jus in bello to the conflicting parties. These principles emerged in response to the claim that a conflicting party using force illegally under jus ad bellum should not benefit from the protection for victims of armed conflict under jus in bello, which would completely defeat the humanitarian purpose of jus in bello to protect all victims of armed conflict impartially. There is, however, a third principle: concurrent application of jus ad bellum and jus in bello. Unlike in the past, jus ad bellum now regulates the use of force during a conflict alongside jus in bello and hence, the two are now considered as one set of rules applying during a conflict. The book explores in detail the interaction between jus ad bellum and jus in bello in the light of these three principles. The relationship between the two has been principally discussed in the context of the use of force in self-defence and international armed conflict. However, this book examines the relationship in other contexts of a very different nature, namely the use of force under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, non-international armed conflict, and armed conflict of a mixed character. The book concludes that the three principles governing the relationship are equally valid, with certain variations, in these different contexts.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Background and Principles Governing the Relationship between Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello 3. Distinction and Relationship between the Law of Self-defence and IHL 4. Distinction and Relationship between Chapter VII Measures and IHL 5. Particular Problems in Non-international Armed Conflict 6. Conclusions Bibliography

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  • NCID
    BB06611620
  • ISBN
    • 9781849460552
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    xl, 389 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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