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The End of Reciprocity
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 41.00This book examines reciprocity between asymmetrical sides in war and conflict. more...
The Role of International Law in Rebuilding Societies after Conflict
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 37.00This volume of essays investigates the many roles international law can play in rehabilitating societies after conflict. more...
Of War and Law
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 28.95Modern war is law pursued by other means. Once a bit player in military conflict, law now shapes the institutional, logistical, and physical landscape of war. At the same time, law has become a political and ethical vocabulary for marking legitimate power and justifiable death. As a result, the battlespace is as legally regulated as the rest of modern... more...
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law
BRILL 2008; US$ 245.00Addresses the issue of the applicability and application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in times of armed conflict. The book examines general issues relating to applicability and the implementation of the two legal regimes as well as provides case studies focusing on specific rights or persons. more...
Killing in a Gray Area between Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Springer 2010; US$ 109.99Armed forces can be confronted with the problem of correctly classifying a targeted group as one that is or is not party to an armed conflict. In particular, this happens in a context of a high level of violence where a non-international armed conflict is (likely) occurring at the same time, such as in Iraq, Afghanistan, Brazil or Mexico. The difficulty... more...
The Persistent Advocate and the Use of Force
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 124.95The Persistent Advocate and the Use of Force provides a comprehensive, dispassionate empirical analysis and assessment of the discernible impact that the US has had upon the jus ad bellum in the post-Cold War era. It offers a much needed examination of one of the most controversial issues of international law in recent times and will be of key interest... more...
The Goldstone Report
Nation Books 2011; US$ 18.95The controversial?and vital?report with new essays and expert analysis on the truth behind Israel?s incursion into Gaza and the atrocities committed by both sides. more...
A History of the Laws of War: Volume 1
Hart Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 84.60This unique new work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on written records from as far back as 2400 BCE, and using sources ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the author pieces together the history of a subject which is almost as old as civilisation itself.... more...
A History of the Laws of War: Volume 2
Hart Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 84.60This unique new work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on written records from as far back as 2400 BCE, and using sources ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the author pieces together the history of a subject which is almost as old as civilisation itself.... more...
Protecting Civilians During Violent Conflict
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 114.95Eloquently combining theory and practice, leading scholars from the fields of political science, law and philosophy have been brought together to provide an essential overview of some of the major ethical, legal and political issues with regard to protecting civilians caught up in modern inter- and intra-state conflicts. In doing so, they examine what... more...









