Legitimate targets? : Social construction, international law and US bombing

"Based on an innovative theory of international law, Janina Dill's book investigates the effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) in regulating the conduct of warfare. Through a comprehensive examination of the IHL defining a legitimate target of attack, Dill reveals a controv...

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Autor principal: Dill, Janina 1983- (Autor)
Format: Printed Book
Idioma:English
Publicat: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015
Edició:1st Ed.
Matèries:
Air warfare (International law)
Humanitarian law.
War (International law)
Air warfare
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
Taula de continguts:
  • The challenge
  • The theory
  • Positive law
  • Customary law
  • The rise of international law in US air warfare
  • The changing logic of US air warfare
  • The behavioural relevance of international law in US air warfare
  • The lack of normative success of international law in US air warfare
  • The impossibility of normative success for international law in war.

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