The law of armed conflict : international humanitarian law in war / Gary D. Solis, United States Military Academy (Retired).

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Solis, Gary D. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
War (International law)
Humanitarian law.
Physical Description:xxxi, 890 pages ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Rules of war, laws of war
  • Codes, conventions, declarations, and regulations
  • Two world wars and their law of armed conflict results
  • Protocols and politics
  • Conflict status
  • Individual battlefield status
  • Law of armed conflict's core principles
  • What is a "war crime"?
  • Obedience to orders, the first defense
  • Command responsibility and respondeat superior
  • Ruses and perfidy
  • Rules of engagement
  • Targeting objects
  • Autonomous weapons, drones, and targeted killing
  • Human targeting and cross-border counterattacks
  • Torture
  • Cyber warfare
  • Attacks on cultural property
  • The 1980 Certain Conventional Weapons Convention
  • Gas, biological, and chemical weapons treaties
  • Military commissions
  • Security detention.