The proponents of late modern war like to argue that it has become surgical, sensitive and
scrupulous, and remotely operated Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or 'drones' have become …

The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict brings together and critically analyses the
disparate conventional, customary, and soft law relating to non-international armed conflict …

The third edition of Ingrid Detter's authoritative work explores the changing legal context of
modern warfare in light of events over the last decade. Ingrid Detter reviews the status of non …

On June 8, 1977, following two years of preparatory meetings and four years of negotiations,
the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International …

The primary purpose of international humanitarian law (IHL) is to protect the victims of armed
conflict and to regulate the conduct of hostilities based on a balance between military …

When the United States government kills people on traditional and nontraditional battlefields-
and it does so on a near daily basis-bureaucrats play a key role in the killings. Bureaucrats …

" There are few concepts in international law that captivate the mind and cause bitter
debates as much as the application of the principle of proportionality in contemporary armed …

In many ways, the United States' post-9/11 engagement with legal rules is puzzling. Officials
in both the Bush and Obama administrations authorized numerous contentious …

To Do, To Die, To Reason Why offers a new account of the ethics of war and the legal
regulation of war. It is especially concerned with the conduct of individuals, including …

The Law in War offers an insightful roadmap to understanding a broad range of operational,
humanitarian, and accountability issues that arise during armed conflict. Each chapter …