Judges, law and war : the judicial development of international humanitarian law / Shane Darcy.
2014
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Author
Title
Judges, law and war : the judicial development of international humanitarian law / Shane Darcy.
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Call Number
KZ6471 .D37 2014
ISBN
9781107060692 (hardback)
1107060699 (hardback)
1107060699 (hardback)
Description
xxv, 362 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)867716978
Summary
"International courts and judicial bodies play a formative role in the development of international humanitarian law. Judges, Law and War examines how judicial bodies have influenced the substantive rules and principles of the law of armed conflict, and studies the creation, application and enforcement of this corpus of laws. Specifically, it considers how international courts have authoritatively addressed the meaning and scope of particular rules, the application of humanitarian law treaties and the customary status of specific norms. Key concepts include armed conflicts and protected persons, guiding principles, fundamental guarantees, means and methods of warfare, enforcement and war crimes. Consideration is also given to the contemporary place of judicial bodies in the international law-making process, the challenges presented by judicial creativity and the role of customary international law in the development of humanitarian law"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-351) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Table of cases
xi
1.
Introduction
1
a.
International humanitarian law
3
b.
Relevant judicial bodies
7
c.
Judicial development
10
2.
Judicial decisions in international law
21
a.
A subsidiary source of international law
22
i.
Precedent
25
b.
The judicial function in international law
38
i.
Gap-filling and law creation
42
ii.
The progressive development of humanitarian law
54
c.
The role of customary international law
67
3.
Key categories: armed conflicts and protected persons
82
a.
Armed conflict
83
i.
International armed conflict
84
ii.
Military occupation
96
iii.
Non-international armed conflict
103
b.
Protected persons
114
i.
Civilians
115
ii.
Prisoners of war
126
iii.
Child soldiers
134
4.
Basic principles and fundamental guarantees
139
a.
Basic principles
140
i.
Distinction
141
ii.
Military necessity
145
iii.
Proportionality
150
iv.
Unnecessary suffering and humanity
153
b.
Fundamental guarantees
163
i.
Common Article 3
163
ii.
Sexual violence
176
5.
Means and methods of warfare
185
a.
Weapons
187
i.
Nuclear weapons
188
ii.
Other weapons
199
b.
Methods of warfare
204
c.
Non-international armed conflicts
216
6.
Enforcement
223
a.
Judicial enforcement of international humanitarian law
224
b.
Responsibility
237
c.
Reparations
248
d.
Reciprocity and reprisals
255
7.
Prosecution of war crimes
265
a.
The international law of war crimes
266
i.
Nuremberg and Tokyo
268
ii.
Grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions
274
iii.
Non-international armed conflicts
279
iv.
Nullum crimen sine lege at the tribunals
286
b.
Responsibility of superiors and military commanders
292
c.
Superior orders
302
d.
Amnesty
306
8.
Conclusion
314
a.
Revisiting judicial decisions as a subsidiary source
315
b.
Legitimacy and challenges
321
Bibliography
335
Index
352