Humanitarian Action
Subtitle: Global, Regional and Domestic Legal Responses
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 619
ISBN-13: 9781107053533
Subjects: Humanitarian assistance; Intervention (international law); War (international law)
Description: "The laws governing humanitarian action stand at the intersection of several fields of international law, regional agreements, soft law and domestic law. Through in-depth case studies and analysis, expert scholars and practitioners come together to offer an interdisciplinary approach, which includes contributions from legal policy, international relations and philosophical perspectives. Providing invaluable overviews and insights, this collection of essays sheds light on the subject and makes sense of the various elements involved to elucidate the foundations of the different approaches by the different levels of humanitarian law and policy"--