War and law since 1945 / Geoffrey Best.
1994
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Title
War and law since 1945 / Geoffrey Best.
Published
Oxford, England : Clarendon Press, 1994.
Call Number
JX4508 B4645 1994
ISBN
0198219911 :
Description
xiv, 434 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)29951845
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [xiii]-xiv) and index.
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Table of Contents
Abbreviations, Short Titles, and Archive References
1
Introduction
3
War, Law, and the Laws of War
3
Public International Law, and the Law of War as Part of It
5
Objectives, Methods, and Limitations of This Book
10
Terminology and Abbreviations
12
2
The Laws of War from Early Modern Times to the Second World War
14
Grotius, Rousseau, and the Non-Combatant
26
Invasion and Occupation, Blockade and Bombardment
34
Expansion and Codification of the Law
39
Non-Combatants and Civilians: Dawn of the Modern Dilemma
44
The War of 1914-1918 and its Aftermath
47
The War of 1939-1945
60
3
The United Nations and the New Legal Order of the World
67
4
The Geneva Conventions of 1949
80
Approaches to the Diplomatic Conference
80
The Diplomatic Conference: What Happened, and What did not Happen
99
5
Making the Geneva Conventions
115
The Protection of Civilians
115
The Security of Belligerents
123
Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked
132
Prisoners of War
135
Application and Enforcement
142
Repression of Violations
158
Non-International Armed Conflicts
168
6
The Contribution of the Courts: Nuremberg, Tokyo, and the Rest
180
War on Land
185
Military Necessity
187
Superior Orders and Command Responsibility
188
Hostages, Collective Punishments, and Reprisals
192
War at Sea
195
War in the Air
199
Entr'acte. How the Development of International Society Differed from the Legislators' Expectations
207
7
Humanitarian Practice and the Laws of War
235
The Supposed Equality of Belligerents and Impartiality of Humanitarian Relief
235
Military Necessity's Moral Anchor in the jus ad bellum
241
The Spirit of Humanitarianism and the Letter of Law
247
8
Methods and Means
253
Combatants, Non-Combatants, and Civilians
253
Permissions and Prohibitions
266
Permissions: Military Objectives
272
Prohibitions: Terror, Indiscriminate Bombardment, and Starvation
276
Prohibitions: Cultural property and the environment
283
Prohibitions: Perfidy
288
Prohibitions: Prohibited weapons
293
Prohibitions: Reprisals
311
Prohibitions: Safety zones
318
Precautions and Proportionality
323
Combatants and Prisoners
333
The Legislation of the 1970s: The Additional Protocols
341
Prisoners, Detainees, and the ICRC
347
9
Application, Implementation, and Enforcement
370
Epilogue
403
Suggestions for Further Reading
423
Index
427