Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Approach [Connected eBook] / Edition 2

by Geoffrey S. Corn, Victor Hansen, Richard Jackson, M. Christopher Jenks, Eric Talbot Jensen

Overview

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The Law of Armed Conflict provides a complete operational scenario and introduction to the operational organization of United States forces. The focus remains on United States law perspective, balanced with exposure to areas where the interpretation of its allied forces diverge. Jus ad bellum and jus in bello issues are addressed at length. The casebook comes to students with stunning authority. All of the authors are active or retired United States Army officers with more than 140 years of collective military operational experience among them. Several have experience in both legal and operational assignments as well. They deliver a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the law of armed conflict, explaining the difference between law and policy in regulation of military operations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454880882
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date:	09/14/2018
Series:	Aspen Casebook Series
Edition description:	Second Edition, New Edition
Pages:	728
Product dimensions:	7.38(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Summary of Contents

Ch. 1. Legal Basis for the Use of Force

Ch. 2. History and Sources of the Law of Armed Conflict

Ch. 3. Application of the Law of Armed Conflict

Ch. 4. General Principles of the Law of Armed Conflict

Ch. 5. Combatants, Civilians, and Unprivileged Belligerents

Ch. 6. Targeting

Ch. 7. Weapons and Tactics

Ch. 8. Wounded and Sick

Ch. 9. Protection of Civilians During Armed Conflict

Ch. 10. Detention

Ch. 11. Occupation, Termination of Hostilities and Transition

Ch. 12. Naval Operations and Neutrality

Ch. 13. War Crimes

Ch. 14. Command Responsibility and Other Compliance Mechanisms