Robert Kolb, Richard Hyde

An Introduction to the International Law of Armed Conflicts (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a modern and basic introduction to a branch of international law constantly gaining in importance in international life, namely international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict). It is constructed in a way suitable for self-study. The subject-matters are discussed in self-contained chapters, allowing each to be studied independently of the others. Among the subject-matters discussed are, inter alia: the Relationship between jus ad bellum / jus in bello; Historical Evolution of IHL; Basic Principles and Sources of IHL; Martens Clause; International and Non-International Armed Conflicts; Material, Spatial, Personal and Temporal Scope of Application of IHL; Special Agreements under IHL; Role of the ICRC; Targeting; Objects Specifically Protected against Attack; Prohibited Weapons; Perfidy; Reprisals; Assistance of the Wounded and Sick; Definition of Combatants; Protection of Prisoners of War; Protection of Civilians; Occupied Territories; Protective Emblems; Sea Warfare; Neutrality; Implementation of IHL.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847314604
• Artikelnr.: 37950870

Autorenporträt

Robert Kolb is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Geneva.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Introduction
1. The Law of Armed Conflict as a Branch of Public International Law
2. Jus Ad Bellum: Main Components 9
3. Jus In Bello: Main Components
4. The Separation Between Jus Ad Bellum and Jus In Bello in Modern
International Law: Equality of the Belligerents and Just War
5. Total War and Limited War
Part II The Law of Armed Conflicts
6. Historical Evolution of the LOAC
7. Basic Principles of the LOAC
8. Main Sources of the LOAC
9. The Martens Clause
10. International and Non-International Armed Conflicts
11. Applicability of the LOAC: Material Scope of Applicability
12. Applicability of the LOAC: Personal Scope of Applicability
13. Applicability of the LOAC: Spatial Scope of Applicability
14. Applicability of the LOAC: Temporal Scope of Applicability
15. Applicability of the LOAC by Special Agreements
16. The Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross
17. Targeting: the Principle of Distinction Between Civilian and Military
Objectives
18. Other Objectives Specifically Protected Against Attack
19. Prohibited Weapons
20. Perfidy and Ruses
21. Some Other Prohibited Means and Methods of Warfare
22. Belligerent Reprisals 173
23. Command Responsibility
24. Assistance, Respect and Protection of Wounded and Sick Military Persons
25. The Definition of Combatants
26. Protection of Prisoners of War
27. General Protection of Civilians
28. Occupied Territories (Belligerent Occupation)
29. The 'Intangible' Nature of the LOAC Rights
30. Protective Emblems
31. Sea Warfare
32. Non-International Armed Conflicts in Particular
33. The Relationship Between the LOAC and Human Rights Law
34. Neutrality
35. The Implementation of the LOAC