Development and principles of international humanitarian law /

Development and principles of international humanitarian law / edited by Michael N. Schmitt, Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2012. - xxiv, 562 p. ; 25 cm. - The library of essays in international humanitarian law . - Library of essays in international humanitarian law. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth and the law of war / The legitimation of violence : a critical history of the laws of war / Some questions of international law in the European War / The new Geneva conventions for the protection of war victims / The chaotic status of the laws of war and the urgent necessity for revision / The laws of war / Progressive development of the laws of war : a reply to criticisms of the 1977 Geneva Protocol I / The United States position on the relation of customary international law to the 1977 protocols additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions / International humanitarian law : its remarkable development and its persistent violation / International humanitarian law in the Twenty-First Century / Study on customary international humanitarian law : a contribution of the understanding and respect for the rule of law in armed conflict / The humanization of humanitarian law / The Martens Clause : half a loaf or simply pie in the sky? / The Martens Clause, principles of humanity, and dictates of public conscience / The undertaking to respect and ensure respect in all circumstances : from tiny seed to ripening fruit / Lincoln, Lieber and the laws of war : the origins and limits of the principle of military necessity / The law of war and military necessity / Military necessity and humanitarian imperatives / The principle of the military objective in the law of armed conflict / Theodor Meron -- Chris af Jochnick and Roger Normand -- James W. Garner -- Jean S. Pictet -- Josef L. Kunz -- Josef L. Kunz -- George H. Aldrich -- Michael J. Matheson -- Dietrich Schindler -- Yves Sandoz -- Jean-Marie Henckaerts -- Theodor Meron -- Antonio Cassese -- Theodor Meron -- Frits Kalshoven -- Burrus M. Carnahan -- William Gerald Downey, Jr. -- G.I.A.D. Draper -- Horace B. Robertson, Jr.

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Humanitarian law--Interpretation and construction.
Humanitarian law--History.

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