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Fighting at the legal boundaries : controlling the use of force in contemporary conflict / Kenneth Watkin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: xxii, 704 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780190457976 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KZ6396 .W38 2016
Contents:
An outline of the challenges -- Controlling state involvement in conflict -- Appying the self-defense principles during armed conflict -- State "Proper Authority" and conflict -- The humanitarian law and human rights law interface -- Contemporary threats : insurgency and terrorism -- Counterinsurgency and converging norms -- Counterterrorism and the "Away Game" -- Non-state actors and armed conflict -- Self-defense and the protection of nationals -- Law enforcement and "Self-Defense" -- The narrow operational and normative gap -- Limits of law enforcement and human rights law -- A holistic solution -- Preparing for Twenty-First-Century conflict.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة KZ6396 .W38 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30020000030415
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة KZ6396 .W38 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 30020000030416

Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-659) and index.

An outline of the challenges -- Controlling state involvement in conflict -- Appying the self-defense principles during armed conflict -- State "Proper Authority" and conflict -- The humanitarian law and human rights law interface -- Contemporary threats : insurgency and terrorism -- Counterinsurgency and converging norms -- Counterterrorism and the "Away Game" -- Non-state actors and armed conflict -- Self-defense and the protection of nationals -- Law enforcement and "Self-Defense" -- The narrow operational and normative gap -- Limits of law enforcement and human rights law -- A holistic solution -- Preparing for Twenty-First-Century conflict.

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