Editions
Paperback: ISBN (13): 978-1-68109-113-6
ePub: ISBN (13): 978-1-68109-112-9
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Law, Ethics, and Armed Conflict: An International Law Reader is a collaborative volume published jointly by JuraLaw International™ and the International Bar Association (IBA).
Description
Law, Ethics, and Armed Conflict: An International Law Reader arrives at a moment when more than one hundred armed conflicts are under way across the globe. In many theaters of war, civilians are increasingly being deliberately targeted. This volume brings together leading voices in international law—practitioners, scholars, military officers, and humanitarian professionals who share a common commitment to the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
Across eleven chapters, the contributors confront the most pressing legal and ethical questions of contemporary warfare. They examine states’ ongoing duty to prevent genocide in conflict and post-conflict situations, the procedures for trials in absentia, and the forcible transfer of children during armed conflict. They probe accountability for the crime of aggression, the emerging legal framework for gray-zone and hybrid warfare, and the influence of social media on wartime diplomacy. They weigh the interplay between customary international law and U.S. constitutional law, the proportionality rule at the heart of the law of targeting, and the strengthening of international humanitarian law through universal jurisdiction. The volume closes with a meditation on human dignity as the guiding principle of international humanitarian and operational law.
The contributors do not speak with a single voice, nor do they claim to resolve every challenge modern warfare presents. Yet they share a conviction that the international humanitarian legal framework can mitigate human suffering; what has too often eroded is the will to apply it. This volume is an invitation to understand that framework more deeply and to defend it more resolutely.
Editor and Contributors
Frank G. Lumpkin IV is an attorney with Hall Booth Smith, PC, in Columbus, Georgia, where he focuses on complex trial and appellate litigation. A Judge Advocate in the United States Army Reserve, he served as National Security Law Attorney for Operation Spartan Shield, advising senior commanders on international law in theaters across the Middle East.
Contributing Authors: Doug Bryson; Federica D'Alessandra; Dr. Olufemi Elias; Dr. Mark Ellis; John D. Ford; Baroness Helena Kennedy; Shirley Magniez-Pouget; M. Braxton Marcela; Sarah McIntosh; Professor Darío Dangón Moisés; Naomi Prodeau; Ambassador Stephen Rapp; Eleonora Scala; Sara Segneri; Marissa Kardon Weber
JuraLaw International™ imprint
With a focus on international and comparative law, the JuraLaw International™ imprint publishes monographs exploring public and private international law and overviews of the laws of various nations.
JuraLaw International™ divides its books into the following collections:
National Legal Systems: Introductory Overviews
Comparative Law Series
Spanish Law Series
International Law
Self-Help Guides to the Law™
Study Guides
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