The treatment of combatants and insurgents under the law of armed conflict /

This book looks at why international law continues to make the legal distinction between persons who participate in an international or an internal armed conflict. Drawing on legal precedent, legal theory, & the situation in Guantanamo Bay, it argues that it is time for the law of armed conflict...

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Main Author: Crawford, Emily (Writer on international law)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book looks at why international law continues to make the legal distinction between persons who participate in an international or an internal armed conflict. Drawing on legal precedent, legal theory, & the situation in Guantanamo Bay, it argues that it is time for the law of armed conflict to be applied more uniformly.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 213 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191722608
019172260X