This new edition of the popular and authoritative text on the laws of war has been revised and completely updated to take account of the many diplomatic, legal and military developments of the last ten years. Conflicts in the Gulf, Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the 1990s have ensured that the laws of war remain a topic of considerable international relevance.
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"Masterly...The third edition of Roberts and Guelff's Documents on the Laws of War is an essential and invaluable working tool for all those who are interested in international humanitarian law."--International Review of the Red Cross, Geneva.
"An indispensable tool for any international lawyer."--Professor Antonio Cassese, President of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal, The Hague
" ... an invaluable resource for all practitioners and scholars of international law. The publication of the third edition could not have been more timely."-- Professor Christopher Greenwood, London School of Economics
"Indispensable to practitioners and students alike ... We are much indebted to the patient and scholarly labours of the two editors."-- International Affairs
"Editorial judgements are consistently sound ... The selection of documents is impeccable."--Survival
About the Author
Professor Sir Adam Roberts is President of the British Academy and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University, and Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford University. His main academic interests are in the fields of international security, international organizations, and international law (including the laws of war). He has also worked extensively on the role of civil resistance against dictatorial regimes and foreign rule, and on the history of thought about international relations. Professor Robert's is the co-editor of Civil Resistance and Power Politics (OUP 2008) and Hugo Grotius and International Relations (OUP 1992).
Richard Guelff is a member of the District of Columbia Bar with an international law practice in London and counsel to a law firm in Geneva.
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Renowned Oxford scholar Adam Roberts, once again has been able to put together an outstanding work, in collecting documents on the laws and by-laws of international treaties and pacts, international declarations and conventions, etc. The book is a reference book. However, it is also an extremely interesting and useful tool (for those interested in those matters) to 'browse through' from time to time. It is a book that cannot miss from the library of any international law expert. While it may be needed from time to time for a quick consultation on specific points, it will also provide huge amounts of information on the legal insights of international conflict.
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Roberts and Guelff's "Documents on the laws of war" is a comprehensive collection of the treaties that created the body of armed conflict law and an essential tool for all students approaching this subject. The various documents are preceded by brief introductions which help even the most unacquainted user to orientate himself and to understand the origins, the context and the importance of the various sources. Even the practitioner will find it very useful, thanks to a detailed index at the end of book which allows to find the relevant legal material in few minutes. Last but not least, it contains the most recent treaties of this legal field, such as the 1999 2nd Hague Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of armed conflict, or the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. I have recently used this book for my exam in international humanitarian law and it has certainly helped me to obtain a first class mark!
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Adam Roberts and Richard Guelff have further refined their excellent text on humanitarian law. This book is an absolute must for students, academics, operations lawyers and politicians alike. Written in clear, concise and exact English 'Documents on the Laws of War' is a comprehensive collection of treaty and customary law. An operations lawyer could be be considered as 'negligent' if s/he failed to have this guide to the 'law of armed conflict' by his/her side at all times. Essential reading and reference.
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In the centuries preceding the Crimean War (1853-6), maritime rules adopted by various European states, including in bilateral treaties and in wartime practice, did not reflect a generally and continuously accepted regime relating to the treatment of enemy vessels and property as distinguished from neutral vessels and property. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
civil defence tasks, neutral civil aircraft, belligerent military aircraft, enemy civil aircraft, duly certified extracts, neutral military aircraft, detaining power, medical aircraft, general prefatory note, internees shall, light individual weapons, faith whereof the plenipotentiaries, other impartial humanitarian organization, sixty days after the notification, specific conventional weapons, archipelagic sea lanes passage, civil defence organizations, one year after the notification, other contracting powers, relief consignments, neutral airspace, automatic contact mines, neutral aircraft, cultural property situated, force sixty days Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, High Contracting Party, Hague Convention, Geneva Convention, Protecting Power, International Committee of the Red Cross, Security Council, Geneva Protocol, General Assembly, Netherland Government, Great Britain, Date of Signature Date of Ratification, Second World War, Hague Declaration, New Zealand, German Democratic Republic, United Kingdom, South Africa, San Remo Manual, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, New York, Total Number of Parties Listed, Ottawa Convention, First World War New!
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In the centuries preceding the Crimean War (1853-6), maritime rules adopted by various European states, including in bilateral treaties and in wartime practice, did not reflect a generally and continuously accepted regime relating to the treatment of enemy vessels and property as distinguished from neutral vessels and property. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
civil defence tasks, neutral civil aircraft, belligerent military aircraft, enemy civil aircraft, duly certified extracts, neutral military aircraft, detaining power, medical aircraft, general prefatory note, internees shall, light individual weapons, faith whereof the plenipotentiaries, other impartial humanitarian organization, sixty days after the notification, specific conventional weapons, archipelagic sea lanes passage, civil defence organizations, one year after the notification, other contracting powers, relief consignments, neutral airspace, automatic contact mines, neutral aircraft, cultural property situated, force sixty days Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, High Contracting Party, Hague Convention, Geneva Convention, Protecting Power, International Committee of the Red Cross, Security Council, Geneva Protocol, General Assembly, Netherland Government, Great Britain, Date of Signature Date of Ratification, Second World War, Hague Declaration, New Zealand, German Democratic Republic, United Kingdom, South Africa, San Remo Manual, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, New York, Total Number of Parties Listed, Ottawa Convention, First World War New!
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- Protection of the Environment During Armed Conflict (International Law Studies, V. 69) by Richard J. Grunawalt on page 609, and Back Matter
- San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea: International Institute of Humanitarian Law by Louise Doswald-Beck on page 573, and Back Matter
- Armed Conflict And The New Law: Effecting Compliance (Armed Conflict & the New Law) by Hazel Fox in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict: Commentary on the Hague Convention 14 May 1954 by Jiri Toman on page 372, and page 397
- The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World by Sir Michael Howard in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Morality and Contemporary Warfare by Professor James Turner Johnson on 7 pages
- Human Security and the UN: A Critical History (United Nations Intellectual History Project) by S. Neil MacFarlane on 5 pages
- Immunity And International Criminal Law by Yitiha Simbeye on 5 pages
- Collateral Damage: Americans, Noncombatant Immunity, and Atrocity after World War II by Sahr Conway-Lanz on 4 pages
- War Crimes and Just War by Larry May on 4 pages
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