Military and defence law and civilian service law

The authoritative guide to the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract The New Engineering Contract (NEC) is one of the leading standard forms of contract for major construction and infrastructure projects.

The first monograph analysing all legal regimes applicable to the use of less-lethal weapons.

The first monograph analysing all legal regimes applicable to the use of less-lethal weapons.

Explores the use of armed force in occupied territory under different international law branches.

Provides detailed assessments of law applicable to the most difficult problems encountered during modern armed conflicts and coalitions.

This book offers a thematic and comprehensive account of international humanitarian law by juxtaposing key materials and targeted commentary.

Explores the use of armed force in occupied territory under different international law branches.

Addresses some fundamental issues underlying the regime of belligerent occupation.

Addresses some fundamental issues underlying the regime of belligerent occupation.

A critical analysis of Israel''s control of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, advocating a normative and functional approach.

A critical analysis of Israel''s control of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, advocating a normative and functional approach.

The only book addressed to both law students and military officers undergoing training in the law of armed conflict.

The only book addressed to both law students and military officers undergoing training in the law of armed conflict.

A Finalist for the 2024 Cundill History PrizeLonglisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford PrizeA Best Book of the Year in The Economist, Prospect, The Telegraph, TLS, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and Foreign Affairs'Magisterial' - Max Hastings, The Sunday Times'Monumental' - Rana Mitter, Times Literary SupplementA landmark history of the postwar trials of Japan's leaders as war criminals, and their impact on the modern history of Asia and the world.

On May 23, 1957, US Army Sergeant Robert Reynolds was acquitted of murdering Chinese officer Liu Ziran in Taiwan.

Colonel William Winthrop singularly was the most influential person in developing the military law of the United States.

The My Lai Massacre was the most publicized incident subjected to military law during the Vietnam War, but military lawyers in all the service branches had their hands full with less-publicized desertions, drug use, rapes, fraggings, black marketeering, and even small claims.

From going AWOL to collaborating with communists, assaulting fellow servicemen to marrying without permission, military crime during the Cold War offers a telling glimpse into a military undergoing a demographic and legal transformation.

The My Lai Massacre was the most publicized incident subjected to military law during the Vietnam War, but military lawyers in all the service branches had their hands full with less-publicized desertions, drug use, rapes, fraggings, black marketeering, and even small claims.

Winner: George Pendleton PrizeScribes Award, Honorable MentionSilver Gavel Award, FinalistI dont blame my executioners.

From going AWOL to collaborating with communists, assaulting fellow servicemen to marrying without permission, military crime during the Cold War offers a telling glimpse into a military undergoing a demographic and legal transformation.

Winner: George Pendleton PrizeScribes Award, Honorable MentionSilver Gavel Award, FinalistI dont blame my executioners.

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.

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.

Argues that war crimes are best understood as crimes against humanness rather than violations of justice.

A timely book which considers aspects of human rights law and the armed forces.

The act of interrogation, and the debate over its use, pervades our culture, whether through fictionalized depictions in movies and television or discussions of real-life interrogations on the news.

Torture has lately become front page news, featured in popular movies and TV shows, and a topic of intense public debate.

Since the "e;surge"e; in Iraq in 2006, counterinsurgency effectively became America's dominant approach for fighting wars.

Since the "e;surge"e; in Iraq in 2006, counterinsurgency effectively became America's dominant approach for fighting wars.

Surveys show that the all-volunteer military is our most respected and trusted institution, but over the last thirty-five years it has grown estranged from civilian society.

Surveys show that the all-volunteer military is our most respected and trusted institution, but over the last thirty-five years it has grown estranged from civilian society.

In October 1948-one year after the creation of the U.

In October 1948-one year after the creation of the U.

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In Counterinsurgency Law, William Banks and several distinguished contributors explore from an interdisciplinary legal and policy perspective the multiple challenges that counterinsurgency operations pose today to the rule of law - international, humanitarian, human rights, criminal, and domestic.

In Counterinsurgency Law, William Banks and several distinguished contributors explore from an interdisciplinary legal and policy perspective the multiple challenges that counterinsurgency operations pose today to the rule of law - international, humanitarian, human rights, criminal, and domestic.

In the 2010s, America's adversaries conducted numerous damaging cyber operations inside the United States: the Office of Personnel Management breach, attacks on banks, persistent intellectual property theft by China, and the Russian intervention in the 2016 election.

In the 2010s, America's adversaries conducted numerous damaging cyber operations inside the United States: the Office of Personnel Management breach, attacks on banks, persistent intellectual property theft by China, and the Russian intervention in the 2016 election.

Necessity and proportionality hold a firm place in the international law governing the use of force by states, as well as in the law of armed conflict.

Necessity and proportionality hold a firm place in the international law governing the use of force by states, as well as in the law of armed conflict.

Prior to the progressive development of the law of armed conflict heralded by the 1949 Geneva Conventions - most particularly in relation to the concepts of international and non-international armed conflict-the customary doctrine on recognition of belligerency functioned for almost 200 years as the definitive legal scheme for differentiating internal conflict from "e;civil wars"e;, in which the law of war as applicable between states applied de jure.

Prior to the progressive development of the law of armed conflict heralded by the 1949 Geneva Conventions - most particularly in relation to the concepts of international and non-international armed conflict-the customary doctrine on recognition of belligerency functioned for almost 200 years as the definitive legal scheme for differentiating internal conflict from "e;civil wars"e;, in which the law of war as applicable between states applied de jure.

This detailed, practitioner text, explains national security law in all its aspects.

This detailed, practitioner text, explains national security law in all its aspects.

The book systematically analyses the relationship and interaction between rules of engagement (ROE) and the legal framework regulating armed conflicts, both at the international and national levels.

The book systematically analyses the relationship and interaction between rules of engagement (ROE) and the legal framework regulating armed conflicts, both at the international and national levels.