The contemporary law of armed conflict
This edition brings the work up to date, examining the significance of the World Court's Opinion on the legality of the nuclear weapon and exploring the laser weapon agreement, the mines treaty, the jurisprudence of two war crimes tribunals and the role of the proposed International Criminal Court.
Print Book, English, 2000
Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2000
xx, 393 pages ; 24 cm.
9780719056000, 9780719056017, 9781929446032, 0719056004, 0719056012, 1929446039
59440478
Foreword / Gillian M. White
1. The legality of war and the law of armed conflict
2. The history and sources of the law of armed conflict
3. International and non-international armed conflict
4. Hostilities: their commencement, effects and termination
5. Inter-belligerent relations
6. Lawful combatants
7. Conduct of hostilities: land
8. Conduct of hostilities: maritime
9. Conduct of hostilities: air
10. Prisoners of war
11. The wounded, sick and shipwrecked
12. Civilians
13. The Protecting Power
14. Civil defence
15. Rights and duties of the Occupying Power
16. Rights and duties of neutrals
17. Prevention of breaches and supervision of conduct
18. War crimes and grave breaches
19. The law and non-international conflicts
20. United Nations operations
21. Basic rules of the law of armed conflict
Previous edition: 1993