International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines (International Humanitarian Law) By Schmitt, Pejic
Publisher: BRILL 2007 | 590 Pages | ISBN: 9004154280 | PDF | 3.6 MB
International law and armed conflict exist in a symbiotic relationship. In some cases, law shapes conflict proactively by imposing normative limits in advance of the appearance of proscribed conduct. Much more commonly, armed conflict either reveals lacunae in the law or demonstrates how law designed for yesterday's wars falls short when applied to contemporary conflict…