International humanitarian law : theory, practice, context /
This book is about international humanitarian law or - as it is also called - the ""law of armed conflict""or ""law of war"". It emerged from a series of lectures delivered at the Hague Academy of International Law. The author deals with war and the means by w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[The Hague] :
Hague Academy of International Law,
©2011.
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Colección: | Pocketbooks of the Hague Academy of International Law.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book is about international humanitarian law or - as it is also called - the ""law of armed conflict""or ""law of war"". It emerged from a series of lectures delivered at the Hague Academy of International Law. The author deals with war and the means by which international law attempts to contain and, as it were, ""humanize"" organized violence. But the ambitions of the author go beyond the battlefield. The book explores the many complex ways in which law functions to regulate warfare, in theory and practice. The author looks into treaties and other sources of international law, but he al. |
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Notas: | "A collection of law lectures in pocketbook form"--Prelim. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (500 pages). |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-500). |
ISBN: | 9047441451 9789047441458 1283970740 9781283970747 |