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Title The Geneva Conventions under assault / edited by Sarah Perrigo and Jim Whitman
Published London ; New York, NY : Pluto Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 252 pages)
Contents The Geneva Conventions and the normative tenor of international relations / Sonia Cardenas -- The history and status of the Geneva Conventions / Wade Mansell and Karen Openshaw -- The principle of proportionality in the law of armed conflict / Françoise Hampson -- Civilian protection : what's left of the norm? / Stuart Gordon -- The protection of detainees in international humanitarian law / Keiichiro Okimoto -- Non-lethal weapons : a rose by any other name / Nick Lewer -- From 'total war' to 'total operations' : contemporary doctrine and adherence to IHL / Björn Müller-Wille -- The paradox of value discourses / Helen Dexter -- Freeing force from legal constraint / Jim Whitman -- Undermining international humanitarian law and the politics of liberal democracies / Sarah Perrigo
Summary Outrages committed during violent conflict and as part of the war on terror are not only an affront to human dignity -- they also violate the Geneva Conventions. This book examines recent high-profile cases of repeated and open abuse of theConvention
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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In Academic Library
SUBJECT Geneva Conventions (1949 August 12) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86857495
Geneva Conventions (1949 August 12) fast
Genfer Konventionen 1949 August 12 gnd
Subject Humanitarian law -- Criminal provisions
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation.
LAW -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation
Form Electronic book
Author Perrigo, Sarah, editor.
Whitman, Jim, 1951- editor.
ISBN 9781849644006
1849644004
0745329136
9780745329130