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Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict

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ISBN-10: 0511717881

ISBN-13: 9780511717888

Edition: 2nd (Revised)

Authors: Yoram Dinstein

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This is the seminal textbook on the law of international armed conflict, written by a leading commentator on the subject. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, taking into account new developments in combat, numerous recent judicial cases (especially decisions rendered by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia), as well as topical studies and instruments. The text clarifies complex issues, offering solutions to practical combat dilemmas that have emerged in present-day battlefield situations. Several current (and controversial) subjects are examined in depth, including direct participation in hostilities, human shields, and air and missile…    
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Book details

Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/23/2012
Binding: E-Book 
Language: English

Yoram Dinstein is Professor Emeritus at Tel-Aviv University. He is a former President of the University (1991-98), as well as former Rector and former Dean of the Faculty of Law. He served twice as the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He was also a Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of International Law in Heidelberg, Germany, a Meltzer Visiting Professor of Law at New York University and a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Toronto.

The general framework
Lawful combatancy
Prohibited weapons
Lawful targets of attack
Protection from attack of civilians and civilian objects
Measures of special protection from attack
Protection of the environment
Specific methods of warfare
War crimes, orders, command responsibility and defences
General conclusions