The essays convey collectively a picture of the law of armed conflict that is multidimensional in scope and insight. This second revised and expanded edition is an up-to-date ...

This monograph analyses the historical evolution of the laws of occupation as a special branch of international humanitarian law (IHL), focusing on the extent to which this ...

When a soldier in the field of battle is under attack in a small village and comes upon a villager who could be a combatant or a civilian, what rules govern how that soldier ...

This book collects together the most important papers of Antonio Cassese, the first President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and chairman of ...

Modern armed conflict has taken a variety of forms and occurs at a variety of levels, raising serious questions concerning the relationship between the law of armed conflict ...

This book analyzes the legality of the use of force by the US, the UK and their NATO allies against Afghanistan in 2001 and considers the implications for the use of force in ...

This casebook may get more attention today than ever before in its history. From the Russian invasion of Georgia to the on-going detentions at Guantanamo Bay, the use of ...