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Nichtregierungsorganisationen als Akteure der Zivilgesellschaft
Springer 2012; US$ 47.99Als entscheidendes konstituierendes Merkmal moderner demokratischer Gesellschaften haben Konzepte von Zivilgesellschaft und zivilgesellschaftliches Handeln eine hohe praktisch-politische und wissenschaftstheoretische Bedeutung für die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und die Stabilisierung von Nachkriegsgesellschaften. Gülcan Akkaya untersucht... more...
IMPLEMENTING INTNL HUMANITARIA
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 54.95Implementing International Humanitarian Law examines the international humanitarian law rules and their application by the ad hoc tribunals with regard to the substantive laws of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal Rwanda (ICTR). The practice of the ICTY and the ICTR and their... more...
Evaluating the Effectiveness of International Refugee Law
BRILL 2006; US$ 151.00Presents an evaluation of international response to a major protracted humanitarian situation. This book offers an assessment of the effectiveness of international law in dealing with Iraqi refugees during the regime of Saddam Hussein. It contains detailed information and analysis of the history and behaviour of Iraq and its neighbouring states. 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...
Terrorism and War
Karnac Books 2002; US$ 43.95Following the attacks of September 11, one of the resounding questions asked was 'What would make anyone do such a thing?' The psychological mentality of the suicidal terrorist left a gaping hole in people's understanding. This essential volume represents a much-needed effort to collate and examine some of the material already at our disposal as an... more...
Multilevel Regulation of Military and Security Contractors
Hart Publishing Limited 2012; US$ 120.60The outsourcing of military and security services is the object of intense legal debate. This book analyses and discusses the interplay between international, European, and domestic regulatory measures in the field of private military and security companies (PMSCs). more...
New Battlefields/Old Laws
Columbia University Press 2011; US$ 31.99An internationally-recognized authority on constitutional law, national security law, and counterterrorism, William C. Banks believes changing patterns of global conflict are forcing a reexamination of the traditional laws of war. The Hague Rules, the customary laws of war, and the post-1949 law of armed conflict no longer account for nonstate groups... more...
Declaring War in Early Modern Europe
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 85.00A noteworthy development in recent history has been the disappearance of formal declarations of war. Many Americans argue that the result of this development has been to abrogate the US Constitution, which delegates the authority to declare war to the Congress. This book examines the history of declaring war in the early modern era up to the time... more...
The International Law of Occupation
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 139.99The law of occupation imposes two types of obligations on an army that seizes control of enemy land during armed conflict: obligations to respect and protect the inhabitants and their rights, and an obligation to respect the sovereign rights of the ousted government. In theory, the occupant is expected to establish an effective and impartial administration,... more...
Passion and Ambivalence
BRILL 2011; US$ 177.00Tracing our current preoccupation with nationalist, ethnic, and religious conflict to the ?cultural Modernist? revolutions of the early twentieth century, this volume draws on cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and psychoanalysis to offer a radical reinterpretation of contemporary international law?s origins. more...









