War by Contract: Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, and Private Contractors

by Natalino Ronzitti and Francesco Francioni

The growth in scope and importance of the private military and security industry in the past decade has challenged the role of the state as the main provider of defence and security functions. At the same time it has put under stress the state's authority to properly oversee the conduct of private contractors and has raised the question of whether existing rules of domestic law and international law are adequate to ensure their accountability in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019960455X
• ISBN13: 9780199604555
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 578 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"