Innocent Civilians

By - McKeogh, Colm

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Palgrave, New York, 2002

ISBN 10 - 0333972376

ISBN 13 - 9780333972373

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Combatants and non-combatants

Shelf No - 11

Call Number - 172.42 MCK

Physical Description - ix, 200 pages ; 22 cm

Notes - Includes index

Book Information

Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western thought from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status, Colm McKeogh attempts to answer this question. In doing so he highlights the unsuccessful attempts to reconcile warfare with our civilization's most fundamental principles of justice.

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