War Law: Understanding International Law And Armed Conflict - Hardcover

Byers, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802118097 ISBN 13: 9780802118097

Publisher: Grove Pr, 2006

Synopsis

An expert in international law integrates historical case studies into an in-depth analysis of the legal basis of warfare, discussing international law governing the use of military force in relation to the history of armed conflict, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present-day war in Iraq.

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Review:

"Succinct, highly readable, and important."

"Should be read, and pondered, by those who are seriously concerned with the legacy we will leave to future generations." -- Noam Chomsky

"If Britain suspected that a Boston bar barbored IRA terrorists, would it be justified in lobbing cruise missiles into the city? Byers . . . achieves plenty of similar provocations in this lucid primer."

About the Author:

Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he also serves as Academic Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues. He is the author of Custom, Power and the Power of Rules (1999), the editor of The Role of Law in International Politics (Oxford University Press, 2000), and the co-editor of United States Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2003). He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books. Atlantic Books published War Law in 2005.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0802118097
• ISBN 13: 9780802118097
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 214