Suchergebnisse

Legal bases for use of force -- History, sources, and principles of the law of armed conflict -- Triggering the law of armed conflict -- Classifications and status of persons -- Belligerent detention -- Civilian protection law -- Targeting -- Weapons and tactics -- Wounded and sick -- Occupation, termination of hostilities, and transition -- Naval warfare and neutrality -- Air, space, and cyber warfare -- War crimes -- Command responsibility and compliance mechanisms

In The War on Terror and the Laws of War seven legal scholars, each with experience as military officers, focus on how to strike an effective balance between the necessity of using armed violence to subdue a threat to the nation with the humanitarian interest of mitigating the suffering inevitably associated with that use. Each chapter addresses a specific operational issue, including the national right of self-defense, military targeting and the use of drones, detention, interrogation, trial by military commission of captured terrorist operatives, and the impact of battlefield perspectives on counter-terror military operations, while illustrating how the law of armed conflict influences resolution of that issue. This Second Edition carries on the critical mission of continuing the ongoing dialogue about the law from an unabashedly military perspective, bringing practical wisdom to the contentious topic of applying international law to the battlefield.