Handbook of the international law of military operations / edited by Terry D. Gill and Dieter Fleck ; in collaboration with Hans F.R. Boddens Hosang ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. General issues: Concept and sources of the international law of military operations / Terry D. Gill and Dieter Fleck ; History and development of the international law of military operations / William K. Lietzau and Joseph A. Rutigliano, Jr. ; Conceptual distinction and overlaps between law enforcement and the conduct of hostilities / Nils Melzer ; Human rights and international humanitarian law: general issues / Jann K. Kleffner -- Part 2. Military operations within the context of UN Collective Security System: Enforcement and peace enforcement operations ; Peace operations ; Peace operations conducted by regional organizations and arrangements / Eric P. J. Myer and Nigel D. White -- Part 3. Military operations within the context of right of self-defence and other possible legal bases for the use of force: Legal basis of the right of self-defence under the UN Charter and under customary international law / Terry D. Gill ; Status of Forces in self-defence operations / Dieter Fleck ; Application of force and rules of engagement in self-defence operations / Blaise Cathcart ; International humanitarian law in self-defence operations / Charles H. B. Garraway ; Rescue of Nationals / Terry D. Gill and Paul A. L. Ducheine ; Humanitarian intervention / Terry D. Gill ; Military intervention at the invitation of a government / Terry D. Gill -- Part 4. Capita Selecta of international military operational law: Command and control in military operations / Blaise Cathcart ; Targeting operational law / Michael N. Schmitt ; Targeting killings in operational law perspective / Nils Melzer ; Air law and military operations / Michael N. Schmitt ; The law of military operations at sea / Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg ; Maritime interception/interdiction operations / Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg ; Legal dimensions of Special Forces and information operations / Blaise Cathcart ; Force protection, unit self-defence, and extended self-defense / Hans F. R. Boddens Hosang ; Personal self-defence and its relationship to rules of engagement / Hans F. R. Boddens Hosang ; The maintenance of law and order in military operations / Timothy McCormack and Bruce M. Oswald ; Operational detention and the treatment of detainees / Jann K. Keffner ; Civil-military cooperation and humanitarian assistance / Ben Klappe ; Private contractors and security companies / Terry D. Gill and Dieter Fleck ; Prevention and repression of (sexual) violence, exploitation, and abuse in the context of peace operations / Ben Klappe ; The prosecution of international crimes in relation to the conduct of military operations / William J. Fenrick ; The responsibility of peacekeepers, their sending states, and international organization / Boris Kondoch -- Part 5. Synthesis and conclusion: The role of the Military Legal Advisor / A. P. V. Rogers and Darren Stewart ; Conclusions / Dieter Fleck and Terry D. Gill -- The Manual on International Law of Military Operations.