Counterinsurgency law [[electronic resource]] : new directions in asymmetric warfare / / William Banks

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452483303321
• Autore: Banks William C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, England, : Oxford University Press, c2013
• ISBN: 0-19-026017-3; 0-19-931141-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Collana: Terrorism and global justice series
• Disciplina: 341.6/3
• Soggetti: War (International law); Asymmetric warfare; Counterinsurgency; War - Protection of civilians; Guerrillas (International law); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Introduction-Shaping a Global Legal Framework for Counterinsurgency: Placing Postmodern War in Context; PART I | CONVERGING PARADIGMS IN CONTEMPORARY ARMED CONFLICT: FRAMING PROBLEMS OF COIN; 1. The Human Rights Council and the Convergence of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law; 2. Proportionality in Counterinsurgency: Reconciling Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; PART II | REUNIFYING THE LAWS OF ARMED CONFLICT: NONINTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND COIN OPERATIONS; 3. Reunifying the Law of Armed Conflict in COIN Operations Through a Sovereign Agency Theory; 4. Two Sides of the Combatant Coin: Untangling Direct Participation in Hostilities from Belligerent Status in Noninternational Armed ConflictsPART III | PROTECTING CIVILIANS AND RISKING THE FORCE IN COIN; 5. Valor's Vices: Against a State Duty to Risk Forces in Armed Conflict; 6. Agency of Risk: The Competing Balance Between Protecting Military Forces and the Civilian Population during Counterinsurgency Operations in Afghanistan; 7. New Approaches to Reducing and ; Mitigating Harm to Civilians; PART IV | NEW PROBLEMS FOR UNCONVENTIONAL BATTLEFIELDS; 8. Terrorism and the Laws of Multidimensional Warfare9. The Use of Force Regime and Unconventional Threats: Anwar al-Awlaki as a Case Study; 10. The Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Politicizing Maritime Law in Asymmetric Contexts; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: In Counterinsurgency Law, William Banks and several distinguished contributors explore from an interdisciplinary legal and policy perspective the multiple challenges that counterinsurgency operations pose today to the rule of law - international, humanitarian, human rights, criminal, and domestic. Addressing the considerable challenges for the future of armed conflict, each contributor in the book explores the premise that in COIN operations, international humanitarian law, human rights law, international law more generally, and domestic national security laws do not provide adequate legal and