The war in Afghanistan
Subtitle: a legal analysis
By: Michael N. Schmitt, editor.
Contributors: Schmitt, Michael N.
Series: International law studies -- v. 85
Publisher: Naval War College
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newport, RI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
ISBN-13: 9781884733642
Subjects: Afghan War, 2001- -- Congresses; War (International law) -- Congresses; Intervention (International law) -- Congresses; Humanitarian law -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Afghanistan and international security / Adam Roberts; title: Terrorism and Afghanistan / Yoram Dinstein; title: International legal dynamics and the design of feasible missions : the case of Afghanistan / V. Michael Reisman; title: Afghanistan : hard choices and the future of international law / John F. Murphy; title: The international legality of US military cross-border operations from Afghanistan into Pakistan / Sean D. Murphy; title: Legal issues in forming the coalition / Alan Cole; title: Afghanistan and the nature of conflict / Charles Garraway; title: Making the case for conflict bifurcation in Afghanistan : transnational armed conflict, Al-Qaida and the limits of the associated militia concept / Geoffrey S. Corn; title: Law of war issues in ground hostilities in Afghanistan / Gary D. Solis; title: Combatants / W. Hays Parks; title: Targeting and international humanitarian law in Afghanistan / Michael N. Schmitt; title: The law of armed conflict and detention operations in Afghanistan / Matthew C. Waxman; title: US detention of Taliban fighters : some legal considerations / Stephen Pomper; title: Rationales for detention : security threats and intelligence value / Ryan Goodman; title: Jus ad pacem in Bello? Afghanistan, stability operations and the international laws relating to armed conflict / David Turns.; title: Stability operations : a guiding framework for "small wars" and other conflicts of the Twenty-First Century? / Kenneth Watkin; title: The international legal framework for stability operations : when may international forces attack or detain someone in Afghanistan? / Marco Sassòli; title: Afghanistan legal lessons learned : army rule of law operations / Eric Talbot Jensen and Amy M. Pomeroy; title: Is human rights law of any relevance to military operations in Afghanistan? / Franc̦oise J. Hampson; title: Human rights obligations, armed conflict and Afghanistan : looking back before looking ahead / Stephen Pomper.