New wars, new laws? : applying the laws of war in 21st century conflicts / edited by David Wippman & Matthew Evangelista. - v, 303 pages ; 24 cm

"This volume originated in a conference held in June 2003, co-sponsored by the Clarke Center and the Berger Program for International and Comparative Legal Studies at Cornell Law School and the Cornell Peace Studies Program"--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

do new wars call for new laws? / Combating terrorism: the consequences of moving from law enforcement to war / Military necessity and due process: the place of human rights in the war on terror / Unlawful belligerency after September 11: history revisited and law revised / Post-Westphalian crime / Humans in the cross-hairs: targeting, assassination and extra-legal killing in contemporary armed conflict / Targeting: the scope and utility of the concept of "military objectives" for the protection of civilians in contemporary armed conflicts / Collateral damage and the principle of proportionality / Rewriting law: the case of Israel and the Occupied Territories / Iraq and occupation / David Wippman -- William Leitzau -- Anthony Dworkin -- Michael Newton -- Dominic McAlea -- Kenneth Watkin -- Marco Sassoli -- Yoram Dinstein -- Kathleen Cavanaugh -- Phillip James Walker. Introduction:

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War (International law)--Congresses

KZ6355 / .N49 2005

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