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Law-Of-War Perfidy, Sean Watts
Law-Of-War Perfidy, Sean Watts
Sean Watts
More than a prohibition of underhanded or dishonorable conduct, the prohibition of perfidy is an essential buttress to the law of war as a medium of exchange between combatants – a guarantee of minimum respect and trust between belligerents even in the turmoil of war. Indeed, it may be difficult to conceive of an operative or effective war convention at all without guarantees against and protections from perfidy. Yet most existing conceptions of perfidy, whether drawn from treaty, military legal doctrine, or legal scholarship, merely restate imprecise codifications or offer little more than a vague sensibility. This article offers detailed …
The Structure Of Law-Of-War Perfidy, Sean Watts
The Structure Of Law-Of-War Perfidy, Sean Watts
Sean Watts
The structural role of law-of-war perfidy is widely unappreciated and misunderstood. More than a prohibition of underhanded or dishonorable conduct, the prohibition of perfidy is an essential buttress to the law of war as a medium of exchange between combatants – a guarantee of minimum respect and trust between belligerents even in the turmoil of war. Indeed, it may be difficult to conceive of an operative or effective war convention at all without guarantees against and protections from perfidy. Through the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the prohibition of perfidy matured from a broad, customary notion of chivalry and honorable …
Sõjalisi Ja Turvateenuseid Pakkuvate Eraettevõtjate Õiguslik Staatus Relvakonfliktis, René Värk
Sõjalisi Ja Turvateenuseid Pakkuvate Eraettevõtjate Õiguslik Staatus Relvakonfliktis, René Värk
René Värk
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Superior Responsibility, René Värk
Saateks, Rain Liivoja
Saateks, Rain Liivoja
Rain Liivoja
This is an introductory essay to accompany the Estonian translation of Jean Henri Dunant's Un Souvenir de Solférino. The text explains the history of the book and its impact on the subsequent development of the law of armed conflict.