Chapter 14. Ghosts in the Machine: Some Legal Issues Concerning US Military Contractors in Iraq

In: International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines
Author:
Avril McDonald
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357–401
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004154285.i-590.75

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Series:  International Humanitarian Law Series, Volume: 15
Cover International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines
E-Book ISBN:
9789047421252
Publisher:
Brill | Nijhoff
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2007
Preliminary Material
Chapter 1. A Revival of the Just War Theory?
Chapter 2. Rethinking Collective Security
Chapter 3. Topographies of Force
Chapter 4. Claims to Pre-emptive Uses of Force: Some Trends and Projections and Their Implications for World Order
Chapter 5. The Temporal Dimension of Self-Defense: Anticipation, Pre-emption, Prevention and Immediacy
Chapter 6. Responding to Transnational Terrorism under the Jus Ad Bellum: a Normative Framework
Chapter 7. Is US Adherence to the Rule of Law in International Affairs Feasible?
Chapter 8. The Military Action in Iraqand International Law
Chapter 9. Ius Ad Bellum and Ius in Bello the Separation between the Legality of the Use of Force and Humanitarian Rules to Be Respected in Warfare:Crucial or Outdated?
Chapter 10. 21St Century Conflict and International Humanitarian Law: Status Quo or Change?
Chapter 11. The Law of Weaponry Is It Adequate?
Chapter 12. Combatants Substance or Semantics?
Chapter 13. Unlawful/Enemy Combatants: Interpretations and Consequences
Chapter 15. Leaders, Courtiers and Command Responsibility in Shakespeare
Chapter 16. Civilian Detentions in Iraq
Chapter 17. Transformative Military Occupation: Applying the Laws of War and Human Rights
Chapter 18. The Adequacy of International Humanitarian Law Rules on Belligerent Occupation: to What Extent May Security Council Resolution 1483 Be Considered a Model for Adjustment?
Chapter 19. The Separation Fence in the International Court of Justice and the High Court of Justice: Commonalities, Differences and Specifics
Chapter 20. Benevolent Third States in International Armed Conflicts: the Myth of the Irrelevance of the Law of Neutrality
Index

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