An introduction to the international law of armed conflicts

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ISBN	9781841137995 (pbk.)
Call Number	KZ6385 K812 2008
Author	Kolb, Robert
Title	An introduction to the international law of armed conflicts / Robert Kolb and Richard Hyde
Alternate Title	International law of armed conflicts
Imprint	Oxford : Hart Pub., 2008.
Physical	xxiv, 348 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents Note	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...
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 (IHL), the law of armed conflict. It is constructed in a way that is suitable for self-study. Subject matters are discussed in self-contained chapters, allowing each to be studied independently of the others. Among the subjects discussed are, inter alia: the relationship between jus ad bellum / jus in bello, the historical evolution of IHL, the basic principles and sources of IHL, Martens Clause, international and non-international armed conflicts, material, spatial, personal, and temporal scope of the application of IHL, special agreements under IHL, the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross, targeting, objects specifically protected against attack, prohibited weapons, perfidy, reprisals, assistance of the wounded and sick, the definition of combatants, protection of prisoners of war, protection of civilians, occupied territories, protective emblems, sea warfare, neutrality, the implementation of IHL.
Subject	War (International law)
Subject	Humanitarian law
Coorperative Author	Hyde, Richard
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100 1 ^aKolb, Robert

245 13^aAn introduction to the international law of armed conflicts /^cRobert Kolb and Richard Hyde

246 3 ^aInternational law of armed conflicts

260 ^aOxford :^bHart Pub., ^c2008.

300 ^axxiv, 348 p. ;^c25 cm.

504 ^aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-335) andindex

505 1 ^aThe law of armed conflict as a branch of public international law --^tJus ad bellum : main components --^tJus in bello : main components --^tThe separation between jus ad bellum and jus in bello in modern international law : equality of the belligerents and just war --^tTotal war and limited war --^tHistorical evolution of the LOAC --^tBasic principles of the LOAC --^tMain sources of the LOAC --^tThe Martens clause --^tInternational and non-international armed conflicts --^tApplicability of the LOAC : material scope of applicability...

520 ^aThis book provides a modern and basic introduction to a branch of international law constantly gaining in importance in international life, namely international humanitarian law (IHL), the law of armed conflict. It is constructed in a way that is suitable for self-study. Subject matters are discussed in self-contained chapters, allowing each to be studied independently of the others. Among the subjects discussed are, inter alia: the relationship between jus ad bellum / jus in bello, the historical evolution of IHL, the basic principles and sources of IHL, Martens Clause, international and non-international armed conflicts, material, spatial, personal, and temporal scope of the application of IHL, special agreements under IHL, the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross, targeting, objects specifically protected against attack, prohibited weapons, perfidy, reprisals, assistance of the wounded and sick, the definition of combatants, protection of prisoners of war, protection of civilians, occupied territories, protective emblems, sea warfare, neutrality, the implementation of IHL.

650 0^aWar (International law) 0^aHumanitarian law

700 1 ^aHyde, Richard

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