Regulating Private Military Companies - Conflicts of Law, History and Governance

List of contents

Introduction Introduction Conceptual framework Power and Legitimacy Identifying forms of governance Chapter Outline Chapter 1: Private Military Companies, a contemporary problem? Mercenaries, Contractors, Civilians Definition of Private Military Companies Challenges of the DefinitionsPMC ClassificationRegulation and accountability: who should be regulated and to what end?Regulation The Purpose of Regulation AccountabilityConclusion Chapter 2: Private forces in different forms of governance: historical typologies Feudalism and Absolutism Professional ArmiesItalian City-Republics and Civilian Militia Civilian Militia as a Norm Against Mercenaries The French Revolution and the Nation-StateLa Levée en Masse The British Empire and the EIC The EIC and its Accession to PowerThe Army of the EICWas the Army of the EIC Private or Public? Normative Approaches to Mercenaries Conclusion Chapter 3: Mercenaries of the Twentieth Century and State Responsibility The Rise of International Legal NormsNon-Intervention as an International Legal Norm Decolonisation and Proxy Warfare Decline of Non-Interventionism Mercenary Forces in the Congo and AngolaInternational Legal Response to the Use of Irregular ForcesAnti-Mercenary Norms The Nicaragua Case Conclusion Chapter 4: New Wars, Neoliberalism, and the Rise of PMCs New Wars and the Rise of PMCs Neoliberalism Accountability and State Control Governance and Governmentality Conclusion Chapter 5: Legal mechanisms and ch

About the author

Katerina Galai is a defence and security analyst at RAND Europe, a non-for-profit research institute, based in Cambridge, UK.

Summary

This work examines the ability of existing and evolving PMC regulation to adequately control private force and challenges the capacity of international law to deliver accountability in the event of PMC misconduct.

Product details

• Authors: Katerina Galai
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2019
• EAN: 9781138610057
• ISBN: 978-1-138-61005-7
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Globalization, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, LAW / International, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, International Law, Systems of law, Political Economy, Social Law, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Armed Conflict, Mercenaries;Private Security;War