The laws of yesterday's wars : from Indigenous Australians to the American Civil War / edited by Samuel White.

"This book offers a culture-by-culture account of various unique restrictions placed on warfare over time, in a bid to demonstrate the underlying humanity often accompanying the horrors of war. It offers the first systematic exploration of Indigenous Australian laws of war, relaying decades of exper...

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Uniform Title:International humanitarian law series ; v. 58.
Other Authors: White, Samuel C. Duckett (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2022]
Series:International humanitarian law series ; v. 58.
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Physical Description:xii, 222 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book

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505 0 0 |t Introduction /  |r Samuel White --  |t Indigenous Australians /  |r Ray Kerkhove & Samuel White --  |t Māori warfare and the New Zealand wars - atrocities, chivalry and apologies /  |r Alexander Gillespie -- The Aztecs /  |r Samuel White and Ray Kerkhove --  |t The late Middle Ages in northern Europe /  |r Samuel White --  |t The Renaissance /  |r Kyle Walker --  |t The Viking Age /  |r Andrew D. Butler --  |t Pirates and privateers in Elizabethan England /  |r Andrew Read --  |t Code of necessity - assessing the Lieber Code as a form of strategic lawfare /  |r Christopher M. Bailey --  |t Conclusion /  |r Samuel White. 
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