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This book examines how international law fails to address the contemporary experience of what are known as 'new wars' - instances of armed conflict and violence in places such as Syria, Ukraine, Libya, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. International law, largely const...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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This book examines how international law fails to address the contemporary experience of what are known as 'new wars' - instances of armed conflict and violence in places such as Syria, Ukraine, Libya, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. International law, largely constructed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, rests to a great extent on the outmoded concept of war drawn from European experience - inter-state clashes involving battles between regular and identifiable armed forces. The book shows how different approaches are associated with different interpretations |
| Carrier Form: | xviii, 592 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781316622094 1316622096 9781107171213 1107171210 |
| Index Number: | KZ6385 |
| CLC: | D995 |
| Call Number: | D995/C539 |
| Contents: | Sovereignty and the authority to use force -- The relevance of international law -- Self-defence as a justification for war : the geo-political and War on Terror models -- The humanitarian model for recourse to force -- How force is used -- Weapons -- 'Post-conflict' and governance -- The liberal peace : peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding -- Justice and accountability -- Second generation human security -- What does human security require of international law? |