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Military professionalism and humanitarian law : the struggle to reduce the hazards of war /

This book challenges the unacceptable gap between the positive rules of the international law governing armed hostilities and actual state practice. It discusses reducing the human suffering caused by this reality. This book offers a new paradigm based on reality that may elevate the humanitarian th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beer, Yishai, 1956- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [UK] ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
War (International law)
Self-defense (International law)
Just war doctrine.
Humanitarian law.
Guerre (Droit international)
Légitime défense (Droit international)
Guerre juste.
Droit international humanitaire.
LAW > International.
Humanitarian law
Just war doctrine
Armed conflicts.
Deterrence.
Military necessity.
Humanitarianism.
Humanity, principle of.
Laws of war.
International law.
Law.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book challenges the unacceptable gap between the positive rules of the international law governing armed hostilities and actual state practice. It discusses reducing the human suffering caused by this reality. This book offers a new paradigm based on reality that may elevate the humanitarian threshold by replacing the currently problematic imperatives imposed upon militaries with professionally-based, attainable requirements.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190881153
0190881151
9780190881177
0190881178
9780190881160
019088116X