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Conflict Law: The Influence of New Weapons Technology, Human Rights and Emerging Actors
William H. Boothby
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Description for Conflict Law: The Influence of New Weapons Technology, Human Rights and Emerging Actors
Hardcover. This volume benefits from the author's long career in the military as well as his academic rigor. It presents his personal assessment of a variety of pressing issues currently confronting conflict law, including new weaponry, drone warfare, and modern media. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVH; LBB; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 852.
Topics as diverse as the evolving spectrum of conflict, innovations in weaponry, automated and autonomous attack, the depersonalisation of warfare, detention operations, the influence of modern media and the application of human rights law to the conduct of hostilities are examined in this book to see to what extent existing legal norms are challenged. The book takes each topic in turn, explains relevant provisions of contemporary law and analyses exactly where the legal problem lies. The analysis then develops the theme, examining for example the implications of current rules as to deception operations for certain applications of cyber warfare. The ... Read more
Topics as diverse as the evolving spectrum of conflict, innovations in weaponry, automated and autonomous attack, the depersonalisation of warfare, detention operations, the influence of modern media and the application of human rights law to the conduct of hostilities are examined in this book to see to what extent existing legal norms are challenged. The book takes each topic in turn, explains relevant provisions of contemporary law and analyses exactly where the legal problem lies. The analysis then develops the theme, examining for example the implications of current rules as to deception operations for certain applications of cyber warfare. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
851g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
The Hague, Netherlands
ISBN
9789462650015
SKU
V9789462650015
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99-15
Reviews for Conflict Law: The Influence of New Weapons Technology, Human Rights and Emerging Actors
From the book reviews: Boothby writes in an engaging and accessible style, providing a rigorous, scholarly analysis of the issues, while still presenting the material in a clear and comprehensible manner - for those among us who may not understand the technical minutiae of autonomous weaponry or cyber warfare. ... Boothby has provided us with a ... Read more