Product Description: This book offers a comprehensive yet concise take on the legal regulation of the various phases in the complex cycle of armed conflicts, from prevention to reconstruction, and covering everything in between, in particular, the vast body of rules laid down in current international humanitarian law...read more

Product Description: The Baghdad Lawyer is a memoir like no other. Readers will experience for the first time the behind-the-scenes workings of the Iraqi criminal justice system from the perspective of one of the most respected trial lawyers in Iraq, in the years before and during the violent and chaotic rise and fall of Saddam Hussein...read more

Product Description: This new edition is fully revised and updated following the Gulf War, the fighting in the former Yugoslavia and the political changes that have occurred with the ending of the Cold War. This book re-examines the topics of war, aggression and self-defence, including discussion on the legal nature of war, peace treaties, neutrality, the contemporary prohibition on the use of force, crimes against peace, war crimes and State sponsored terrorism...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has become one of the most controversial laws, both in India and the world. A few NGOs and human rights activists have described it as draconian, alleging that it gives the armed forces unrestricted power to 'arrest' without warrant, 'destroy property' and 'shoot to kill,' besides providing them with complete immunity...read more

Product Description: Providing the first in-depth intellectual and organizational mapping of the single state idea’s recent resurgence in Palestine/Israel, this book enquires into its nature as a phenomenon of resistance, as well as into its potential as a counterhegemonic force in the making against the processes of Zionism...read more

Product Description: The International Humanitarian Law (Law of Armed Conflict) Sourcebook is a comprehensive compilation of the major source documents of International Humanitarian Law. Whether alone as a reference on the laws of armed conflict, or combined into a set as a companion volume with The International Human Rights Law Sourcebook to complete a picture of complementary bodies of international law, this ready-reference will be invaluable to lawyers, policymakers, military leaders, nongovernmental organizations and academics around the world...read more

There is no doubt that international law was of major importance during the Gulf conflict of 1990-91. Military and other actions were repeatedly justified through reference to international law, and disputes about interpretation were frequent. This book provides a definitive legal analysis of the conflict, with reference both to international and to English law. Some have been tempted to argue that international law is an ineffective means of controlling the activities of a state and its armed forces from the fact that there were no war crimes trials of the leaders of Iraq, or of any other state. International law does, however, provide a set of norms either (a) agreed to by individual states through the ratification of, or accession to, a treaty, or (b) which apply to all states by the operation of customary international law and other secondary sources. This book determines these norms in order to judge the manner in which individual states recognized the binding nature of them in the conduct of their operations. The contributors include lawyers from each of the three British armed services.

Product Description: Outer space might not seem obvious as a region where the ethics of war would be a significant issue, but there are in fact a number of dimensions that are relevant in this regard, and the imminence of such conflict means that it is an appropriate time to explore its moral, legal and ethical aspects...read more

Product Description: A classic and bestselling work by one of America's top Constitutional scholars, Presidential War Power garnered the lead review in the New York Times Book Review and raised essential issues that have only become more timely, relevant, and controversial in our post-9/11 era...read more

Product Description: The book explains the law relating to the conduct of hostilities and provides guidance on difficult or controversial aspects of the law. It covers who or what may legitimately be attacked and what precautions must be taken to protect civilians, cultural property or the natural environment...read more

This new edition is fully revised and updated following the Gulf War, the fighting in the former Yugoslavia and the political changes that have occurred with the ending of the Cold War. This book re-examines the topics of war, aggression and self-defence, including discussion on the legal nature of war, peace treaties, neutrality, the contemporary prohibition on the use of force, crimes against peace, war crimes and State sponsored terrorism. Related issues, such as collective security and the use of force short of war, are also addressed. Reflecting the recent increase in the use of force and counterforce at a regional level, special attention is given to the respective roles of the Security Council, the General Assembly, and the International Court of Justice in the developing 'New World Order'.

Product Description: Stephen Neff offers the first comprehensive study of the wide range of legal issues arising from the American Civil War, many of which resonate in debates to this day.Neff examines the lawfulness of secession, executive and legislative governmental powers, and laws governing the conduct of war...read more

Product Description: “Welcome to the world of international accordion music. This collection contains a sampling of ethnic folk music from Europe and the Americas and forms the foundation of a basic folk accordion repertoire. These songs are from many nations...read more

A lead attorney from the Rasul v. Bush civil liberties case argues that the Bush administration is abusing the law to give unlimited legal power to the president, citing the author's fight to win prisoners the right to a judicial review while sharing the experiences of prisoners being held in Guantánamo Bay. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

Product Description: Counter-terrorist Law and Emergency Powers in the United Kingdom, 1922-2000 examines in detail the introduction and development of the 1922-1943 Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Acts (SPA), the use of which contributed to the fall of the Northern Ireland parliament and the assumption of direct rule by Westminster...read more

This book examines wars and military occupation and the ideas underlying them. It explores the laws of war, the body of rules which sought to regulate the practices of war, and those permitted to fight in war. The central challenge posed by the principle in the modern laws of war has been the distinction between lawful and unlawful combatants; a distinction that has never been fully resolved.

Part of the "Longman Classics in Political Science" Series, this highly readable and respected book balances history and theory to give international politics students a framework for analyzing the past and using it to understand the issues confronting us today. Part of the "Longman Classics" series, Nye's Understanding International Conflicts has been completely updated and features a new Foreword by Stanley Hoffman. A book that students enjoy reading, Nye's volume deftly balances theory and history to help students develop a well-rounded is a book that students enjoy reading, Nye's volume deftly balances theory and history to help students develop a well-rounded, informed framework for analyzing current issues and dilemmas. Updated with the most recent scholarship and replete with illustrative examples, the Fourth Edition explores the international issues confronting us at the beginning of the 21st Century. Understanding International Conflicts aims to provide students with the conceptual tools that will help them shape their own answers to the unfolding developments in our world long after exams are done.

Provides a close-up look at the history of privateering and its impact on maritime history, discussing such topics as the rules of privateering and the taking of prizes, the differences between piracy and privateering, the use of blockades during wartime, and more. Reprint. (view table of contents)