Public international law: humanitarian law

An assessment of the role of international law in preventing natural resources from fuelling armed conflict and improving their governance.

This book explores a cross-section of war crimes trials that Allied powers held against the Japanese after World War II.

This book explores a cross-section of war crimes trials that Allied powers held against the Japanese after World War II.

A comprehensive analysis of the legal challenges and practical consequences of applying international human rights law in armed conflict situations.

A comprehensive analysis of the legal challenges and practical consequences of applying international human rights law in armed conflict situations.

Drone Wars presents a diverse and comprehensive interdisciplinary perspective on drones and the current state of the field.

This book analyses the international legal framework governing terrorism and counter-terrorism and assesses the legal issues relating to post-9/11 international practice.

Drone Wars presents a diverse and comprehensive interdisciplinary perspective on drones and the current state of the field.

This book analyses the international legal framework governing terrorism and counter-terrorism and assesses the legal issues relating to post-9/11 international practice.

This book brings together leading experts to explore contemporary issues facing the laws of war.

This book brings together leading experts to explore contemporary issues facing the laws of war.

Can international law regulate warfare?

Can international law regulate warfare?

This book examines the origins and evolution of refugee protection over the past four centuries.

This edited volume analyzes the evolution of international disaster law as a field that encompasses new ideas about human rights, sovereignty, and technology.

Expert scholars and practitioners shed light on the laws of humanitarian action and make sense of the various elements involved.

David Luban analyzes the torture debate in the struggle against terrorism from a sophisticated philosophical and legal perspective.

A dispassionate analysis of the legal implications of non-international armed conflicts at a time when their number is constantly growing.

This book examines the origins and evolution of refugee protection over the past four centuries.

This edited volume analyzes the evolution of international disaster law as a field that encompasses new ideas about human rights, sovereignty, and technology.

Expert scholars and practitioners shed light on the laws of humanitarian action and make sense of the various elements involved.

David Luban analyzes the torture debate in the struggle against terrorism from a sophisticated philosophical and legal perspective.

Case studies which consider the relationship between universal human rights and particular societies.

In this 2006 book, Conor Gearty confronts the challenges that may destroy the language of human rights for future generations.

This volume highlights emerging trends and concerns regarding armed violence and small arms proliferation along with related policies and programming.

This volume highlights emerging trends and concerns regarding armed violence and small arms proliferation along with related policies and programming.

Volume 26 of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (YIHL) centres on the law, history and politics of humanitarian action in armed conflicts and beyond.

This book provides expert analysis of the impact of international and national courts on the development of international law applying to armed conflicts.

How can a population influence decision-making on post-conflict reconstruction?

A comprehensive treatment of nuclear weapons under key international law regimes.

The long-awaited second edition of this seminal text, reconceived as a critical analysis of the world''s leading comparative asylum jurisprudence.

A comprehensive treatment of nuclear weapons under key international law regimes.

How can a population influence decision-making on post-conflict reconstruction?

This book provides expert analysis of the impact of international and national courts on the development of international law applying to armed conflicts.

The long-awaited second edition of this seminal text, reconceived as a critical analysis of the world''s leading comparative asylum jurisprudence.

The Rights of Others examines the boundaries of political community by focusing on political membership.

New essays on philosophical, legal, and moral aspects of armed humanitarian intervention, including discussion of the 2011 bombing in Libya.

New essays on philosophical, legal, and moral aspects of armed humanitarian intervention, including discussion of the 2011 bombing in Libya.

Pioneering study of the transition from war to peace and the birth of humanitarian rights after the Great War.

This book examines notions of procedural fairness applicable to truth commissions.

This book provides an examination of whether there is a legally independent ''principle of humanity'' in international humanitarian law.

This book provides an examination of whether there is a legally independent ''principle of humanity'' in international humanitarian law.

Pioneering study of the transition from war to peace and the birth of humanitarian rights after the Great War.

This book seeks to provide a corrective on the 1967 war between Israel and Arab states using documents declassified by key governments.

This book seeks to provide a corrective on the 1967 war between Israel and Arab states using documents declassified by key governments.

An extensive analysis of the norms and legal institutions of the African Union and their relevance to Africa''s quest for peace.

A detailed analysis of contemporary issues relating to international humanitarian law and its interplay with war migrants.

This volume of essays examines challenges presented by non-state actors, quasi-legal norms, and gaps within normative and institutional frameworks.