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UNINA9910784706203321 |
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Titolo |
Civilian immunity in war [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Igor Primoratz |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-04371-X |
1-281-15482-2 |
9786611154820 |
0-19-153744-6 |
1-4356-1413-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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War - Protection of civilians |
War victims - Legal status, laws, etc |
Combatants and noncombatants (International law) |
Humanitarian law |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-259) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; Part I.; 1. Civilian Immunity in War: Its Grounds, Scope, and Weight; 2. Civilians and Soldiers; 3. Civilian Immunity in War: From Augustine to Vattel; 4. Civilian Immunity in War: Legal Aspects; 5. Civilian Immunity, Forcing the Choice, and Collective Responsibility; 6. Collateral Immunity in War and Terrorism; Part II.; 7. Airpower and Non-combatant Immunity: The Road to Dresden; 8. Civilian Immunity in the Precision-Guidance Age; 9. Civilian Immunity in the 'New Wars'; 10. Women, War, and International Law |
11. War and the Protection of PropertySelect Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The protection of noncombatants from deadly violence is the centrepiece of any account of ethical and legal constraints on war. It was a major achievement of moral progress from early modern times to World War I. Yet it has been under constant attrition since - perhaps never more so than in our time, with its 'new wars', the spectre of |
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