Military necessity the art, morality, and law of war
"This book asserts that, under international humanitarian law (IHL), military necessity neither obligates nor prohibits. Rather, it merely - and therefore indifferently - permits. This new theory challenges two influential views that currently exist on the subject. According to one, IHL bans un...
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Cambridge, New York, Port Melbourne, New Delhi, Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2020
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "This book asserts that, under international humanitarian law (IHL), military necessity neither obligates nor prohibits. Rather, it merely - and therefore indifferently - permits. This new theory challenges two influential views that currently exist on the subject. According to one, IHL bans unnecessary acts even if they do not violate any of its specific rules. Although IHL endeavours to accommodate war necessities, it does not make it its business to save incompetent belligerents from themselves. The other view holds that neither military necessity nor humanity justifies breaches of unqualified IHL rules. Military necessity clearly does not, but humanitarian imperatives may. Conversely, gross inhumanity may become unlawful even where no IHL rule specifically prohibits it"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Bibliographie: Seite 391-404 |
| Beschreibung: | xxvii, 423 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781108484718 978-1-108-48471-8 9781108723497 978-1-108-72349-7 |