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International Humanitarian Law From Agincourt To Rome, Meron Theodor
International Humanitarian Law From Agincourt To Rome, Meron Theodor
International Law Studies
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The History And Status Of The International Criminal Court, Howard Levie
The History And Status Of The International Criminal Court, Howard Levie
International Law Studies
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Of Law, Lawlessness, And Sovereignty : Multinational Peacekeeping And International Law, Antje Mays
Of Law, Lawlessness, And Sovereignty : Multinational Peacekeeping And International Law, Antje Mays
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
Laws of war have been carefully defined by individual nations’ own codes of law as well as by supranational bodies. Yet the international scene has seen an increasing movement away from traditionally declared war toward multinational peacekeeping missions geared at containing local conflicts when perceived as potential threats to their respective regions’ political stability. While individual nations’ laws governing warfare presuppose national sovereignty, the multinational nature of peacekeeping scenarios can blur the lines of command structures, soldiers’ national loyalties, occupational jurisdiction, and raise profound questions as to which countries’ moral sense/governmental system is to be the one upheld. Historically increasingly …