Ownership or Use? Civilian Property Interests in International Humanitarian Law
This artide argues that if and when recovery is possible for civilian property illegally destroyed during war -and there are reasons to believe that it is becoming an ever more realistic possibility-then damages should reflect not just the replacement value or market value ofthe items destroyed, but...
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ftyaleunivlawsch:oai:openyls.law.yale.edu:20.500.13052/1751 2024-09-15T17:55:06+00:00 Ownership or Use? Civilian Property Interests in International Humanitarian Law Brilmayer, Lea Chepiga, Geoffrey 2021-11-25T13:34:24.000 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13052/1751 https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/2435 https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3443&context=fss_papers&unstamped=1 unknown fss_papers/2435 1914840 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13052/1751 https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/2435 https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3443&context=fss_papers&unstamped=1 Faculty Scholarship Series 2021 ftyaleunivlawsch https://doi.org/20.500.13052/1751 2024-06-26T03:16:58Z This artide argues that if and when recovery is possible for civilian property illegally destroyed during war -and there are reasons to believe that it is becoming an ever more realistic possibility-then damages should reflect not just the replacement value or market value ofthe items destroyed, but rather the humanitarian value, or what we refer to as the "civilian use" value. Food, medicine, and dothing should be compensated at higher levels, and according to a different calculus, than jewelry, radios, or sports equipment even though these items may cost the same to replace. For, particularly with respect to large infrastructure like grain warehouses or hospitals, international humanitarian law privileges "users" over and above "owners." This artide first explains the justifications for implementing a "civilian use" approach to damages, and then sketches a rough model of how an international court or tribunal might implement the approach. Other/Unknown Material Artide Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository (eYLS) |
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This artide argues that if and when recovery is possible for civilian property illegally destroyed during war -and there are reasons to believe that it is becoming an ever more realistic possibility-then damages should reflect not just the replacement value or market value ofthe items destroyed, but rather the humanitarian value, or what we refer to as the "civilian use" value. Food, medicine, and dothing should be compensated at higher levels, and according to a different calculus, than jewelry, radios, or sports equipment even though these items may cost the same to replace. For, particularly with respect to large infrastructure like grain warehouses or hospitals, international humanitarian law privileges "users" over and above "owners." This artide first explains the justifications for implementing a "civilian use" approach to damages, and then sketches a rough model of how an international court or tribunal might implement the approach. |
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