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Innocent Civilians
Colm McKeogh
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Description for Innocent Civilians
Hardback. Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western thought from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status, Colm McKeogh attempts to answer this question. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western thought from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status, Colm McKeogh attempts to answer this question. In doing so he highlights the unsuccessful attempts to reconcile warfare with our civilization's most fundamental principles of justice.
Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western thought from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status, Colm McKeogh attempts to answer this question. In doing so he highlights the unsuccessful attempts to reconcile warfare with our civilization's most fundamental principles of justice.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333972373
SKU
V9780333972373
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99-15
About Colm McKeogh
COLM MCKEOGH is Lecturer in the Defence and Strategic Studies Programme, University of Waikoto, New Zealand. He is the author of The Political Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr.
Reviews for Innocent Civilians
' - this succinct, well-written study...should be part of all major academic libraries...highly recommended...' - M. Amstutz, Choice