Civilians

Abstract This chapter reviews the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate killings in the jus in bello, the laws of wartime behavior. It explores how the laws of war were drafted by the powerful to favor themselves, noting that the strong disdain restraint by law because they can, while the...

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Main Author: Nolan, Cathal J.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Oxford University PressNew York 2022
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190077280.003.0011
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