Fighting at the legal boundaries : controlling the use of force in contemporary conflict /

Fighting at the Legal Boundaries offers a holistic approach towards the application of the various constitutive parts of international law. The author focuses on the interaction between the applicable bodies of law by exploring whether their boundaries are improperly drawn, or are being interpreted...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Watkin, Kenneth (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Aggression (International law) War (International law) Self-defense (International law) Combatants and noncombatants (International law) Non-state actors (International relations) Preemptive attack (Military science) Agression (Droit international) Guerre (Droit international) Légitime défense (Droit international) Combattants et non-combattants (Droit international) Acteurs non étatiques (Relations internationales) Attaque préventive (Science militaire) LAW > International. Aggression. War. Self-defence. Armed conflicts. Combatants and non-combatants. Non-State entities. Insurgency. Terrorism. Pre-emptive use of force. Organized crime. Law enforcement. International humanitarian law. Human rights. International law. Law. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

An outline of the challenges
Controlling state involvement in conflict
Appying the self-defense principles during armed conflict
State "Proper Authority" and conflict
The humanitarian law and human rights law interface
Contemporary threats : insurgency and terrorism
Counterinsurgency and converging norms
Counterterrorism and the "Away Game"
Non-state actors and armed conflict
Self-defense and the protection of nationals
Law enforcement and "Self-Defense"
The narrow operational and normative gap
Limits of law enforcement and human rights law
A holistic solution
Preparing for Twenty-First-Century conflict.