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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795548003321

Titolo

The laws of yesterday's wars / / edited by Samuel C. Duckett White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

90-04-46429-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 222 pages)

Collana

International humanitarian law series, , 1389-6776 ; ; volume 58

Disciplina

341.6

Soggetti

War (International law) - History

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

; Introduction / Samuel White -- Indigenous Australians / Ray Kerkhove & Samuel White -- Māori warfare and the New Zealand wars : atrocities, chivalry and apologies / Alexander Gillespie -- The Aztecs / Samuel White and Ray Kerkhove -- The late Middle Ages / Samuel White -- The Renaissance / Kyle Walker -- The Viking Age / Andrew D. Butler -- Privates and privateers in Elizabethan England / Andrew Read -- Code of necessity : lawfare during the United States Civil War / Christopher M. Bailey -- ; Conclusion / Samuel White.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book offers a culture-by-culture account of various unique restrictions placed on warfare over time, in a bid to demonstrate the underlying humanity often accompanying the horrors of war. It offers the first systematic exploration of Indigenous Australian laws of war, relaying decades of experience in communities. Containing essays by a range of laws of war academics and practitioners, this volume is a starting point in a new debate on the question: how international is international humanitarian law?"--