International humanitarian law
International humanitarian law
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A Theory of Asymmetric Warfare: Normative, Legal, and Conceptual Issues
£56.55Wars are becoming asymmetrical conflicts where one party adopts often morally controversial strategies to gain the upper hand. Chehtman examines how the law must adapt to contemporary conflicts, and weighs conflicting theories that either see the law as accepting the reality of war or consider that the rules should be constant in war and peace. Learn MorePublication date 07 March 2024
By Oxford University Press -
The Refugee Definition in International Law
£183.85In international law the definition of refugee is widely seen as unclear. This book systematically analyses the interpretation, ordering, and interrelationship of the definition's components as well as the disputes that have arisen around it. The volume seeks to clarify propositions and demonstrate there is progress toward a working definition. Learn MorePublication date 06 October 2023
By Oxford University Press -
Humanitarian Protection: Principles, Law and Practice
£27.30This volume takes a humanitarian perspective to protection in conflicts and seeks to introduce the what and the how of doing protection work, and the impact of the new humanitarian politics on its practice. Learn MorePublication date 30 September 2023
By Taylor & Francis Ltd -
Humanitarian Protection: Principles, Law and Practice
£99.00This volume takes a humanitarian perspective to protection in conflicts and seeks to introduce the what and the how of doing protection work, and the impact of the new humanitarian politics on its practice. Learn MorePublication date 30 September 2023
By Taylor & Francis Ltd -
Islamic Jihadism and the Laws of War: A Conversation in International and Islamic Law Languages
£84.85Drawing from his field expertise as a legal advisor in the Middle East and North Africa, Omar Mekky narrates how Islamic Jihadism began and evolved, outlines the laws jihadists apply during combat, addresses how states often respond to jihadist groups, and aims for a pragmatic humanitarian legal formula grounded in insightful readings. Learn MorePublication date 11 August 2023
By Oxford University Press -
International Criminal Tribunals and Domestic Accountability: In the Court's Shadow
£103.70By interrogating how international criminal tribunals relate to their domestic counterparts through the principle of complementarity, International Criminal Tribunals and Domestic Accountability advocates for improved institutional design and less deference toward states to strengthen the enforcement of international criminal law. Learn MorePublication date 16 June 2023
By Oxford University Press -
Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders
£36.75This book explores the emerging trend of citizen-led forms of helping others at the borders of Europe. It is key reading for advanced students and researchers of humanitarian aid, European migration and refugees, and citizen-led activism. Learn MorePublication date 31 May 2023
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The Law and Practice of International Commissions of Inquiry
£89.55Publication date 30 May 2023
By Oxford University Press -
Internal Displacement and the Law
£103.70This book provides a comprehensive view of displacement and explores what international and domestic law can contribute to prevent, address, and resolve internal displacement. It emphasizes the primary responsibility of states to address the needs of internally displaced persons and views them as citizens with rights and agency. Learn MorePublication date 26 May 2023
By Oxford University Press -
The Morality of the Laws of War: War, Law, and Murder
£84.85The Morality of the Laws of War examines the modern landscape of the ethics of war. Rudolphy assesses the conflicting theories on the legality of just and unjust combatants. While doing this, she proposes an alternative morality of war proceeding from the inescapable fact that regulating war is always a significant moral compromise. Learn MorePublication date 26 May 2023
By Oxford University Press -
Reparations and War: Finding Balance in Repairing the Past
£84.85For thousands of years, reparations have been used to alleviate the devastating consequences of war. More recently, human rights law has established that victims have a right to reparations. Yet, in the face of conflicts that last for decades with millions of victims, how feasible it is to deliver reparations? And what are the obstacles? Learn MorePublication date 20 January 2023
By Oxford University Press -
Occupation in International Law
£75.40This addition to the Elements of International Law series provides an introduction to the framework and dilemmas of the international law of occupation. Learn MorePublication date 09 December 2022
By Oxford University Press -
Occupation in International Law
£23.55This addition to the Elements of International Law series provides an introduction to the framework and dilemmas of the international law of occupation. Learn MorePublication date 09 December 2022
By Oxford University Press -
Secondary Rules of Primary Importance in International Law: Attribution, Causality, Evidence, and Standards of Review in the Practice of International Courts and Tribunals
£75.40This volume emphasizes the consequential nature of secondary rules of international law (such as attribution, causality, and the standard and burden of proof) and argues that the outcome of litigation is fundamentally shaped by the exact standard of proof, standard of review, or attribution basis that is chosen by adjudicators. Learn MorePublication date 28 November 2022
By Oxford University Press -
The Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions in Context
£117.85The 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions remain a landmark in the development of international humanitarian law. This book interprets key rules in the Additional Protocols in light of state practice and the decisions of international criminal tribunals, illuminating some of the most complex areas of the law. Learn MorePublication date 04 November 2022
By Oxford University Press