A History of the Laws of War: Volume 2
Hart Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84946-205-1 (ISBN)
This unique new work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on written records from as far back as 2400 BCE, and using sources ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the author pieces together the history of a subject which is almost as old as civilisation itself. The author shows that as long as humanity has been waging wars it has also been trying to find ways of legitimising different forms of combatants and ascribing rules to them, protecting civilians who are either inadvertently or intentionally caught up between them, and controlling the use of particular classes of weapons that may be used in times of conflict. Thus it is that this work is divided into three substantial parts: Volume 1 on the laws affecting combatants and captives; Volume 2 on civilians; and Volume 3 on the law of arms control.
This second book on civilians examines four different topics. The first topic deals with the targetting of civilians in times of war. This discussion is one which has been largely governed by the developments of technologies which have allowed projectiles to be discharged over ever greater areas, and attempts to prevent their indiscriminate utilisation have struggled to keep pace. The second topic concerns the destruction of the natural environment, with particular regard to the utilisation of starvation as a method of warfare, and unlike the first topic, this one has rarely changed over thousands of years, although contemporary practices are beginning to represent a clear break from tradition. The third topic is concerned with the long-standing problems of civilians under the occupation of opposing military forces, where the practices of genocide, collective punishments and/or reprisals, and rape have occurred. The final topic in this volume is about the theft or destruction of the property of the enemy, in terms of either pillage or the intentional devastation of the cultural property of the opposition.
As a work of reference this set of three books is unrivalled, and will be of immense benefit to scholars and practitioners researching and advising on the laws of warfare. It also tells a story which throws fascinating new light on the history of international law and on the history of warfare itself.
Alexander Gillespie is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Professor of Law at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Introduction
I. Targets
1. Projectiles, Fire and Defended Areas
2. International Law on Projectiles Prior to the First World War
3. Between the Wars
4. The Second World War
5. The Nuremberg Trials and the 1949 Geneva Conventions
6. Between 1949 and 1977
7. The 1977 Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions
8. From 1980 to the New Century
II. Starvation
1. The Beginnings of Siege, Blockade and Scorched Earth
2. From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century
3. The First World War
4. The Second World War
5. After 1945
6. Two New Conventions and the Additional Protocols
7. Scorched Earth Between 1980 and the Twenty-first Century
8. Starvation in War Between 1980 and the Twenty-first Century
III. Occupation
1. T he First Literate Civilisations
2. Ancient Israel
3. T he Greeks
4. T he Romans
5. T he Middle Ages
6. Forward from the Renaissance
7. The Enlightenment
8. International Humanitarian Law Emerges
9. Two Bad Decades
10. The First World War
11. The Armenian Genocide
12. Between the Wars
13. The Second World War
14. Examining the Killing of Civilians at Nuremberg
15. The 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
16. The 1949 Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
17. Between 1949 and 1977
18. The 1977 Additional Protocols and the 1979 Hostage Convention
19. Between Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein
20. The Wars of the 1990s
21. The International Criminal Court and its Aftermath
IV. Property
1. Beginnings
2. The Greeks and the Romans
3. The Dark Ages
4. The Crusading Period
5. The High Middle Ages and the Renaissance
6. The Reformation and Early Enlightenment
7. The Nineteenth Century
8. The First Half of the Twentieth Century
9. The Second World War
10. Forward From 1954
11. Realigning the Last Decades of the Twentieth Century
Conclusion
1. Targeting Civilians
2. Is Starvation a Restricted Method of Warfare?
3. Are the Practices in Times of Occupation, with Particular Regard to Genocide, Reprisals and Rape Better or Worse than in the Past?
4. Is Property Safe from Pillage and Unnecessary Destruction?
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.10.2011 |
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Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 635 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84946-205-4 / 1849462054 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84946-205-1 / 9781849462051 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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