Fighting at the legal boundaries : controlling the use of force in contemporary conflict / Kenneth Watkin.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: xxii, 704 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9780190457976 (hardback : alk. paper)
- KZ6396 .W38 2016
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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.
