From mercenaries to market
Subtitle: the rise and regulation of private military companies
By: edited by Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt
Contributors: Chesterman, Simon; Lehnardt, Chia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780199228485
Subjects: Police, Private; Private security services -- Law and legislation; Mercenary troops; Security, International
Description: The contributors to this text consider the growing importance of private military companies and efforts to regulate their activities.
Notes: "A project of the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University School of Law."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-270) and index
Table of contents: title: Morality and regulation / Sarah Percy; title: What should and what should not be regulated? / Kevin A. O'Brien; title: Regulating the role of private military companies in shaping security and politics / Anna Leander; title: Weak governments in search of strength : Africa's experience of mercenaries and private military companies / Angela McIntyre and Taya Weiss; title: A government in search of cover : private military companies in Iraq / David Isenberg; title: Transitional states in search of support : private military companies and security sector reform / Elke Krahmann; title: Private military companies under international humanitarian law / Louise Doswald-Beck; title: Private military companies and state responsibility / Chia Lehnardt; title: Domestic regulation : licensing regimes for the export of military goods and services / Marina Caparini; title: The emerging market for private military services and the problems of regulation / Deborah Avant; title: Make or buy? : principal-agent theory and the regulation of private military companies / James Cockayne; title: Contract as a tool for regulating private military companies / Laura A. Dickinson; title: The future of the market / Andrew Bearpark and Sabrina Schulz; title: Conclusion : from mercenaries to market / Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt