International Law and New Wars

Informationen zum Autor Christine Chinkin is Emerita Professor of International Law and Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and William Cook overseas faculty member of the University of Michigan Law School. She is a leading expert on international law and human rights law, especially the international human rights of women. Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and CEO of the DFID-funded Justice and Security Research Programme. Her areas of research include European security, global civil society, new wars and human security. Klappentext Examines the difficulties in applying international law to recent armed conflicts known as 'new wars'. Zusammenfassung This book provides an introduction to international law as it relates to the use of force and to competing approaches of security that can be identified in the context of 'new wars'. It examines topics including weapons! human rights! gender and peacekeeping! using case studies from a number of recent conflicts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Conceptual Framework: 1. Introduction; 2. Sovereignty and the authority to use force; 3. The relevance of international law; Part II. Jus ad Bellum: 4. Self-defence as a justification for war: the geopolitical and war on terror models; 5. The humanitarian model for recourse to use force; Part III. Jus in Bello: 6. How force is used; 7. Weapons; Part IV. Jus Post-Bellum: 8. 'Post-conflict' and governance; 9. The liberal peace: peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding; 10. Justice and accountability; Part V. The Way Forward: 11. Second generation human security; 12. What does human security require of international law?

Product details

• Authors: C. M. Chinkin, Christine Chinkin, Christine (London School of Economics and Chinkin, Christine Kaldor Chinkin, Chinkin Christine, Mary Kaldor, Kaldor Mary
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2017
• EAN: 9781107171213
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17121-3
• No. of pages: 608
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Military / General, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, LAW / International, LAW / Public, Modern warfare, International humanitarian law, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Public international law: humanitarian law, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General