International Law and the Classification of Conflicts

Zusatztext Individual case studies are of invariably high qualityand yield myriad points of analytical interest. ... the case studies are well selected and thoroughly discussed. Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG is Associate Fellow in International Law, at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) and a visiting professor at University College, London University. She was a legal adviser in the United Kingdom diplomatic service between 1974 and 2003, during which time she was the Legal Adviser to the UK mission to the United Nations in New York between 1994 and 1997. She is a co-author of An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure (2nd ed. Cambridge, 2010) and a co-editor of Perspectives on the ICRC Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law (Cambridge, 2007). Klappentext International law separates international from non-international conflicts. This book discusses how this categorization operates, identifying the legal questions raised. Case studies from Colombia to Iraq show how this classification impacts on issues like detention in armed conflict and the relationship between human rights and humanitarian law. Zusammenfassung International law separates international from non-international conflicts. This book discusses how this categorization operates, identifying the legal questions raised. Case studies from Colombia to Iraq show how this classification impacts on issues like detention in armed conflict and the relationship between human rights and humanitarian law.

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• Authors: Elizabeth Wilmshurst
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Wilmshurst (Editor), Elizabeth (Associate fellow Wilmshurst (Editor), Wilmshurst Elizabeth (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2012
• EAN: 9780199657759
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965775-9
• No. of pages: 568
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Military / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International humanitarian law, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General