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020 _a978019923918
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082 _a341 CAS
100 _aCassese Antionio
245 _aThe human dimensions of international law : Selected papers /
_bAntionio Cassese
260 _aOxford
_bOxford University Press
_c2008
300 _a539p. ;
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365 _b Rs. 6,978
505 _aContents: I-The Human Dimension of Wars; A. General; 1. Current trends in the Development of the Law of Armed Conflict; 2. The Martens Clause: Half a Loaf or Simply Pie in the Sky? 3. Revolution and International Law; B. Classes of Wars and Belligerents; 4. Wars of National Liberation and Humanitarian Law; 5. Civil War and International Law; 6. The Spanish Civil War and the Development of Customary Law Concerning Internal Armed Conflicts; 7. The Status of Rebels under the 1977 Geneva Protocol on Non-International Armed Conflicts; C. Means of Warfare; 8. The Prohibition of Indiscriminate Means of Warfare; 9. Weapons Causing Unnecessary Suffering: Are They Prohibited? 10. Means of Warfare: The Traditional and the New Law; D. Military Occupation; 11. Powers and Duties of an Occupant in Relation to Land and Natural Resources; 12. Legal Considerations on the International Status of Jerusalem; II - Our Common Rights; A. Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatments; 13. Prohibition of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; 14. Can the Notion of Inhuman and Degrading Treatment be Applied to Socio-Economic Conditions? 15. A New Approach to Human Rights: The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture; 16. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment Comes of Age; B. Economic Assistance and Human Rights; 17. Foreign Economic Assistance and Respect for Civil and Political Rights: Chile A Case Study; 18. Foreign Economic Assistance and Human Rights: Two Different Approaches; 19. A Contribution by the West to the Struggle against Hunger: the Nestle affair; III- Fighting State and Individual Criminality; A. State Criminality v. Individual's Criminal Liability; 20. Remarks on the Present Legal Regulation of Crimes of States; 21. On the Current Trends towards Criminal Prosecution and Punishment of Breaches of International Humanitarian Law; B. International Crimes of Individuals; 22. The International Community, Terrorism and Human Rights; 23. Terrorism is also Disrupting Some Crucial Legal Categories of International Law; 24. Crimes against Humanity: Comments on Some Problematical Aspects; C. Respondeat Superior v. Subordinates' Liability; 25. Abraham and Antigone: Two Conflicting Imperatives; D. New Developments in International Criminal Justice; 26. The Statute of the International Criminal Court: Some Preliminary Reflections ; Index
650 _aInternational Law
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