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New battlefields, old laws : critical debates on asymmetric warfare

By - Banks, William C.
Floor - Floor 1
Published - Columbia University Press, New York, ©2011
ISBN 10 - 0231152345
ISBN 13 - 9780231152341
Book Status - 2 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Terrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation
Shelf No - 18
Call Number - 341.67 BAN
Physical Description - 308 pages
Notes - Include Index
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An internationally-recognized authority on constitutional law, national security law, and counterterrorism, William C. Banks believes changing patterns of global conflict are forcing a reexamination of the traditional laws of war. The Hague Rules, the customary laws of war, and the post-1949 law of armed conflict no longer account for nonstate groups that wage prolonged campaigns of terrorism-or even more conventional attacks. Yet not everyone concurs. Some scholars believe current laws are broad enough to accommodate these new realities. Recognizing that many of today's conflicts are low-inte.

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