Laws of War and International Law
- ISBN-10
- 9462400563
- ISBN-13
- 9789462400566
- Category
- War (International law)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Authors
- R. van der Wolf, Willem-Jan Van Der Wolf
Description
It is a vast and various field: 'Laws of War'. In this study (just as in Volume 1) we have established that a mere enumeration of laws and regulations does not lead to a better understanding. Some explanation has to be done to give a broader scope and understanding of the increasing effects of these Laws, Conventions, Regulations or Statutes. The increase in and multitude of subjects of the international legal instruments since 1945 and their gradually interdependence are by shrill contrast with the only Convention in the 19th century. In 2013 it is tempting to relate to actual 'wars' (Korea, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Middle East, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Syria), facts (My Lai, Sebrenica, Dafur), persons (Karadzic, Milosevic), 'new' wars (on drugs, on terrorism), or threats of war ('Cold War'). To enlighten (most of) the following Conventions, Manuals, Judgments or Statutes, we have added - around the actual text - article(s) on the subject.
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