The Law of Armed Conflict: Constraints on the Contemporary Use of Military ForceHoward M. Hensel Howard Hensel brings together a group of scholars to address some of the contemporary normative and legal challenges and problems associated with the application of the concepts of war, the just conduct of war, and the law of armed conflict to 21st century warfare, arms control/disarmament. |
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