Public international law: humanitarian law

Shows how international law is central to ensuring the world''s safety from the threat or use of nuclear weapons.

Offers an overview of international law, policy and practice on nuclear weapons.

Offers an overview of international law, policy and practice on nuclear weapons.

This book develops ''Collective Equality'' as a new theoretical basis for the law of peace and for transitional justice.

What are the views, principles and regulations of the Islamic tradition concerning refugee status?

An eyewitness account of the first major international war-crimes tribunal since the Nuremberg trials, Twilight of Impunity is a gripping guide to the prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Despite the handwringing and promises of "e;never again,"e; the grim recurrences of genocide and crimes against humanity around the world have made it emphatically clear that the international community has been largely ineffective in stopping mass atrocity crimes.

Moving speeches by Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel and Chilean human rights activist Carmen Quintana are highlights of the collection.

Russia's annexation of Crimea and involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine has in many respects set back post-Cold War improved relations between Russia, the United States, and Europe.

Russia's annexation of Crimea and involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine has in many respects set back post-Cold War improved relations between Russia, the United States, and Europe.

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance.

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance.

In recent years there has been a tendency to intervene in the military, political and economic affairs of failed and failing states and those emerging from violent conflict.

From events at Nuremberg and Tokyo after World War II, to the recent trials of Slobodan Milo evi and Saddam Hussein, war crimes trials are an increasingly pervasive feature of the aftermath of conflict.

At the 2005 UN World Summit, world leaders endorsed the international principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), acknowledging that they had a responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide and mass atrocities and pledging to act in cases where governments manifestly failed in their responsibility.

At the 2005 UN World Summit, world leaders endorsed the international principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), acknowledging that they had a responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide and mass atrocities and pledging to act in cases where governments manifestly failed in their responsibility.

In recent years there has been a tendency to intervene in the military, political and economic affairs of failed and failing states and those emerging from violent conflict.

From events at Nuremberg and Tokyo after World War II, to the recent trials of Slobodan Milo evi and Saddam Hussein, war crimes trials are an increasingly pervasive feature of the aftermath of conflict.

This edited volume critically examines the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) as a guiding norm in international politics.

This edited volume critically examines the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) as a guiding norm in international politics.

Identities in Transition brings together a group of international researchers and practitioners who examine transitional justice through an ''identity'' lens.

Identities in Transition brings together a group of international researchers and practitioners who examine transitional justice through an ''identity'' lens.

A new understanding of the rule of law that explains the catastrophic underperformance of the West in Afghanistan.

The technological characteristics of drones, together with the law, have been instrumental in expanding warfare in time and space in the counter-terrorism context.

A study, from Hobbes to the UN, of attempts to ground authority on the capacity to guarantee protection.

This book presents the first-ever comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the international law of human trafficking.

A unique view of European governments'' reaction to genocide in the post-Cold War world.

A study, from Hobbes to the UN, of attempts to ground authority on the capacity to guarantee protection.

This book presents the first-ever comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the international law of human trafficking.

A unique view of European governments'' reaction to genocide in the post-Cold War world.

A new understanding of the rule of law that explains the catastrophic underperformance of the West in Afghanistan.

An examination of the scope of States'' right of self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter in the post-9/11 security environment.

This book is about amnesties for grave international crimes that states adopt in moments of transition or social unrest.

This book examines the challenges posed by the largely unfamiliar culture in which the Special Court for Sierra Leone operates.

An examination of the violence perpetrated against women in politically conflicted or militarized areas.

Yoram Dinstein examines the legislative, judicial and executive rights of the Occupying Power and its obligations to the civilian population.

An examination of the concept of non-international armed conflict in international humanitarian law, first published in 2009.

The definitive textbook on the law of international armed conflict.

Addresses the military''s pursuit of ''usable'' weaponry that is deliberately crafted to be less powerful, less deadly, and less destructive than the systems it is designed to supplement or replace.

This book trenchantly diagnoses the law''s limits in making sense of mass atrocity.

This book is about amnesties for grave international crimes that states adopt in moments of transition or social unrest.

This book shows the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in Johannesburg.

A practical guide for policy makers, military officers, students, and anyone else interested in asymmetric conflicts.

Addresses the military''s pursuit of ''usable'' weaponry that is deliberately crafted to be less powerful, less deadly, and less destructive than the systems it is designed to supplement or replace.

This book examines the challenges posed by the largely unfamiliar culture in which the Special Court for Sierra Leone operates.

This book trenchantly diagnoses the law''s limits in making sense of mass atrocity.

An examination of the violence perpetrated against women in politically conflicted or militarized areas.

This book examines reciprocity between asymmetrical sides in war and conflict.

Yoram Dinstein examines the legislative, judicial and executive rights of the Occupying Power and its obligations to the civilian population.

This book examines the Supreme Court''s proper role in adjudicating moral controversies that implicate constitutional rights.