International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines

629 Pages·2007·3.93 MB·English

by  Schmitt

International Law and Armed Conflict:
Exploring the Faultlines
International Humanitarian Law Series
VOLUME 15
Editors-in-Chief
Professor Christopher Greenwood
Professor Timothy L.H. McCormack
Editorial Advisory Board
Professor Georges Abi-Saab
H.E. Judge George H. Aldrich
Madame Justice Louise Arbour
Professor Ove Bring
Professor Antonio Cassese
Professor John Dugard
Professor Dr. Horst Fischer
Dr. Hans-Peter Gasser
Professor Leslie C. Green
H.E. Judge Geza Herczegh
Professor Frits Kalshoven
Professor Ruth Lapidoth
Professor Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
H.E. Judge Theodor Meron
Captain J. Ashley Roach
Professor Michael Schmitt
Professor Jiri Toman
The International Humanitarian Law Series is a series of monographs and edited vol-
umes which aims to promote scholarly analysis and discussion of both the theory and
practice of the international legal regulation of armed conflict.
The series explores substantive issues of International Humanitarian Law including,
– protection for victims of armed conflict and regulation of the means and methods
of warfare
– questions of application of the various legal regimes for the conduct of armed con-
flict
– issues relating to the implementation of International Humanitarian Law obliga-
tions
– national and international approaches to the enforcement of the law and
– the interactions between International Humanitarian Law and other related areas
of international law such as Human Rights, Refugee Law, Arms Control and
Disarmament Law, and International Criminal Law.
The titles in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

Professor Yoram Dinstein
International Law and Armed
Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines
Essays in Honour of Yoram Dinstein
edited by
Michael N. Schmitt and Jelena Pejic
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2007
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Table of Contents
Preface xi
Professor Yoram Dinstein; Curriculum Vitae xv
Professor Yoram Dinstein; List of Academic Publications xix
About the Contributors xxxiii
 A Revival of the Just War Theory? 
Ivan Shearer
 Rethinking Collective Security 
Thomas Franck
 Topographies of Force 
Dino Kritsiotis
 Claims to Pre-emptive Uses of Force: Some Trends and
Projections and Their Implications for World Order 
W. Michael Reisman and Andrea Armstrong
 The Temporal Dimension of Self-Defense: Anticipation, Pre-
emption, Prevention and Immediacy 
Terry D. Gill
Jus ad
 Responding to Transnational Terrorism under the
Bellum
: A Normative Framework 
Michael N. Schmitt
 Is US Adherence to the Rule of Law in International Affairs
Feasible? 
John F. Murphy
 The Military Action in Iraq and International Law 
Ruth Wedgwood
viii Table of Contents
Ius ad Bellum Ius in Bello –
 and The Separation between the
Legality of the Use of Force and Humanitarian Rules to Be
Respected in Warfare: Crucial or Outdated? 
Marco Sassòli
 st Century Conflict and International Humanitarian Law:
Status Quo or Change? 
Kenneth Watkin
 The Law of Weaponry – Is It Adequate? 
Bill Boothby
 “Combatants” – Substance or Semantics? 
Charles H.B. Garraway
 “Unlawful/Enemy Combatants:” Interpretations and
Consequences 
Jelena Pejic
 Ghosts in the Machine: Some Legal Issues Concerning US
Military Contractors in Iraq 
Avril McDonald
 Leaders, Courtiers and Command Responsibility in
Shakespeare 
Theodor Meron
 Civilian Detentions in Iraq 
Andru E. Wall
 Transformative Military Occupation: Applying the Laws of
War and Human Rights 
Adam Roberts
 The Adequacy of International Humanitarian Law Rules on
Belligerent Occupation: To What Extent May Security Council
Resolution  Be Considered a Model for Adjustment? 
Rüdiger Wolfrum
 The Separation Fence in the International Court of Justice and
the High Court of Justice: Commonalities, Differences and
Specifics 
Fania Domb
Table of Contents ix
 “Benevolent” Third States in International Armed Conflicts:
The Myth of the Irrelevance of the Law of Neutrality 
Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
Index 