Humanizing the laws of war : selected writings of Richard Baxter / Richard Baxter ; edited by Detlev F. Vagts, Theodor Meron, Stephen M. Schwebel, and Charles Keever.

By:

Baxter, Richard, 1921-1980 [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191760181 (ebook) :

Subject(s):

War (International law)

Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

341.6 23

LOC classification:

KZ6385

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Summary: A celebration of the scholarship of Richard Baxter, former Judge of the International Court of Justice and former Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School. The volume brings together Professor Baxter's writings on the laws of war, on which he was one of the most influential scholars of the twentieth century. His work remains timely and relevant to today's issues, and offers many analyses which have been borne out in subsequent years. It includes, amongst many wide-ranging topics within the laws of war, Baxter's studies of the Geneva Conventions, human rights in times of war, and the legal problems of international military command.

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A celebration of the scholarship of Richard Baxter, former Judge of the International Court of Justice and former Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School. The volume brings together Professor Baxter's writings on the laws of war, on which he was one of the most influential scholars of the twentieth century. His work remains timely and relevant to today's issues, and offers many analyses which have been borne out in subsequent years. It includes, amongst many wide-ranging topics within the laws of war, Baxter's studies of the Geneva Conventions, human rights in times of war, and the legal problems of international military command.

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Humanizing the laws of war : selected writings of Richard Baxter / Richard Baxter ; edited by Detlev F. Vagts, Theodor Meron, Stephen M. Schwebel, and Charles Keever.