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Conflict law: the influence of new weapons technology, human rights and emerging actors

William H. Boothby
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Publication:
The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press, [2014]
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Summary:
In this, the second decade of the 21st Century, the law relating to conflict is confronted by a number of challenges this book seeks to identify and to discuss. Topics as diverse as the evolving spectrum of conflict, innovations in weaponry, automated and autonomous attack, the depersonalisation of warfare, detention operations, the influence of modern media and the application of human rights law to the conduct of hostilities are examined to see to what extent existing legal norms are under attack. The book takes each topic in turn, explains relevant provisions of contemporary law and analyses exactly where the legal problem lies. The analysis then develops the theme, examining for example the implications of current rules as to deception operations for certain applications of cyber warfare.
Table of Contents:
  • The Changing Legal Spectrum of Conflict
  • International manuals and international law
  • Interacting technologies and legal challenge
  • Weapons law and future conflict
  • Legal implications of emerging approaches to war
  • People and the Legal Spectrum of Conflict
  • Detention operations: Legal safeguards for internees
  • The law of armed conflict and human rights law
  • Making sense of the human rights law/law of armed conflict conundrum
  • a practical proposal
  • War in the spotlight
  • Bringing the strands together.
Author/Creator:
Boothby, William H. , author
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Conflict law: the influence of new weapons technology, human rights and emerging actors [by Boothby, W.H.]
Other Related Resources:
Print version: Conflict law [by Boothby, W.H.] (ISBN 9789462650022; OCLC Number 869725284)
Subjects:
War and emergency legislation
Weapons — Technological innovations
International law and human rights
Weapons
Technological innovations
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on: Print version record.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (475 pages)
Digital Characteristics:
text file
Call Numbers:
K3344 .B668 2014eb
ISBNs:
9789462650022 (electronic bk.)
9462650020 (electronic bk.)
9462650012 (print) [Invalid]
9789462650015 (print) [Invalid]
9789462650015 [Invalid]
Other Standard Numbers:
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1007/978-94-6265-002-2
OCLC Numbers:
872564309