An introduction to the international law of armed conflicts
By: Robert Kolb and Richard Hyde.
Contributors: Hyde, Richard.
Publisher: Hart Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781841137995
Subjects: War (International law); Humanitarian law
Other titles: International law of armed conflicts
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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-335) and index.
Table of contents: title: The law of armed conflict as a branch of public international law; title: Jus ad bellum : main components; title: Jus in bello : main components; title: The separation between jus ad bellum and jus in bello in modern international law : equality of the belligerents and just war; title: Total war and limited war; title: Historical evolution of the LOAC; title: Basic principles of the LOAC; title: Main sources of the LOAC; title: The Martens clause; title: International and non-international armed conflicts; title: Applicability of the LOAC : material scope of applicability; title: Applicability of the LOAC : personal scope of applicability; title: Applicability of the LOAC : spatial scope of applicability; title: Applicability of the LOAC : temporal scope of applicability; title: Applicability of the LOAC by special agreements; title: The role of the International Committee of the Red Cross; title: Targeting : the principle of distinction between civilian and military objectives; title: Other objectives specifically protected against attack; title: Prohibited weapons; title: Perfidy and ruses; title: Some other prohibited means and methods of warfare.; title: Belligerent reprisals; title: Command responsibility; title: Assistance, respect, and protection of wounded and sick military persons; title: The definition of combatants; title: Protection of prisoners of war; title: General protection of civilians; title: Occupied territories (belligerent occupation); title: The 'intangible' nature of the LOAC rights; title: Protective emblems; title: Sea warfare; title: Non-international armed conflicts in particular; title: The relationship between the LOAC and human rights law; title: Neutrality; title: The implementation of the LOAC.