Fighting at the Legal Boundaries: Controlling the Use of Force in Contemporary Conflict

by Kenneth Watkin

Book Overview

The international law governing armed conflict is at a crossroads, as the formal framework of laws designed to control the exercise of self-defense and conduct of inter-state conflict finds itself confronted with violent 21st Century disputes of a very different character. Military practitioners who seek to stay within the bounds of international law often find themselves applying bodies of law-IHRL, IHL, ICL-in an exclusionary fashion, and adherence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190942053
• ISBN13: 9780190942052
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 728 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"