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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461071003321

Autore

Gillespie Alexander

Titolo

A history of the laws of war . Volume 3 The customs and laws of war with regards to arms control / / Alexander Gillespie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2011

ISBN

1-84731-863-0

1-4725-6574-6

1-280-12553-5

9786613529398

1-84731-841-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Disciplina

341.6

Soggetti

Arms control - History

Combatants and noncombatants (International law) - History

Prisoners of war - Legal status, laws, etc - History

War (International law) - History

War - Protection of civilians - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- I. Conventional Weapons -- II. Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"This third volume deals with the question of the control of weaponry, from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age. In doing so, it divides into two parts: namely, conventional weapons and Weapons of Mass Destruction. The examination of the history of arms control of conventional weapons begins with the control of weaponry so that one side could achieve a military advantage over another. This pattern, which only began to change centuries after the advent of gunpowder, was later supplemented by ideals to control types of conventional weapons because their impacts upon opposing combatants were inhumane. By the late twentieth century, the concerns over inhumane conventional weapons were being supplemented by concerns over



indiscriminate conventional weapons. The focus on indiscriminate weapons, when applied on a mass scale, is the core of the second part of the volume. Weapons of Mass Destruction are primarily weapons of the latter half of the twentieth century. Although both chemical and biological warfare have long historical lineages, it was only after the Second World War that technological developments meant that these weapons could be applied to cause large-scale damage to non-combatants. thi is unlike uclear weapons, which are a truly modern invention. Despite being the newest Weapon of Mass Destruction, they are also the weapon of which most international attention has been applied, although the frameworks by which they were contained in the last century, appear inadequate to address the needs of current times. As a work of reference this set of three books is unrivalled, and will be of immense benefit to scholars and practitioners researching and advising on the laws of warfare. It also tells a story which throws fascinating new light on the history of international law and on the history of warfare itself."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450540403321

Titolo

A history of ancient Near Eastern law [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Raymond Westbrook ; editorial board, Gary Beckman ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46735-5

9786610467358

1-4175-0222-3

90-474-0209-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1229 p.)

Collana

Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East, , 0169-9423 ; ; v. 72 = Handbuch der Orientalistik

Altri autori (Persone)

WestbrookRaymond

BeckmanGary M

Disciplina

340.5/394

Soggetti

Law - Middle East - History

Law, Ancient

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / RAYMOND WESTBROOK -- INTRODUCTION: THE CHARACTER OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LAW / Raymond Westbrook -- EGYPT: OLD KINGDOM AND FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD / Richard Jasnow -- MESOPOTAMIA: EARLY DYNASTIC AND SARGONIC PERIODS / Claus Wilcke -- MESOPOTAMIA: NEO-SUMERIAN PERIOD (UR III) / Bertrand Lafont and Raymond Westbrook -- ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: EBLA / Amalia Catagnoti -- INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM / Jerrold Cooper -- EGYPT: MIDDLE KINGDOM AND SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD / Richard Jasnow -- EGYPT: NEW KINGDOM / Richard Jasnow -- MESOPOTAMIA: OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD / Raymond Westbrook -- MESOPOTAMIA: OLD ASSYRIAN PERIOD / Klaas R. Veenhof -- MESOPOTAMIA: MIDDLE BABYLONIAN PERIOD / Kathryn Slanski -- MESOPOTAMIA: MIDDLE ASSYRIAN PERIOD / Sophie Lafont -- MESOPOTAMIA: NUZI / Carlo Zaccagnini -- ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: THE HITTITE KINGDOM / Richard Haase -- ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: EMAR AND VICINITY / Raymond Westbrook -- ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: ALALAKH / Ignacio Márquez Rowe -- ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: UGARIT / Ignacio Márquez Rowe -- ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: CANAAN / Ignacio Márquez Rowe -- INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM: MIDDLE BRONZE AGE / Jesper Eidem -- INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM: LATE BRONZE AGE / Gary Beckman -- Preliminary material / RAYMOND WESTBROOK -- EGYPT: THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD / Richard Jasnow -- EGYPT: DEMOTIC LAW / Joseph G. Manning -- EGYPT: ELEPHANTINE / Bezalel Porten -- MESOPOTAMIA: NEO-ASSYRIAN PERIOD / Karen Radner -- MESOPOTAMIA: NEO-BABYLONIAN PERIOD / Joachim Oelsner , Bruce Wells and Cornelia Wunsch -- ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: ISRAEL / Tikva Frymer-Kenski -- INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM / Simo Parpola -- INDICES / RAYMOND WESTBROOK -- INDEX OF ANCIENT TERMS / RAYMOND WESTBROOK -- INDEX OF TEXTS CITED / RAYMOND WESTBROOK.

Sommario/riassunto

The first comprehensive survey of the world's oldest known legal systems, this collaborative work of twenty-two scholars covers over 3,000 years of legal history of the Ancient Near East. Each of the book's chapters represents a review of the law of a particular period and region, e.g. the Egyptian Old Kingdom, by a specialist in that area. Within each chapter, the material is organized under standardized legal categories (e.g. constitutional law, family law) that make for easy cross-referencing. The chapters are arranged chronologically by millennium and within each millennium by the three major politico-cultural spheres of the region: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia and the Levant. An introduction by the editor discusses the general character of Ancient Near Eastern Law.