The Laws of Yesterday’s Wars
From Indigenous Australians to the American Civil War
Series: - International Humanitarian Law Series, Volume: 58
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This book offers a culture-by-culture account of various unique restrictions placed on warfare over time, in a bid to demonstrate the underlying humanity often accompanying the horrors of war. It offers the first systematic exploration of Indigenous Australian laws of war, relaying decades of experience in communities. Containing essays by a range of laws of war academics and practitioners, this volume is a starting point in a new debate on the question: how international is international humanitarian law?
See also its companion volume The Laws of Yesterday's Wars 2: From Ancient India to East Africa
See also its companion volume The Laws of Yesterday's Wars 2: From Ancient India to East Africa
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Samuel White has served as a Royal Australian Infantry Corps and Australian Army Legal Corps officer. He has published many articles on international and domestic military law and international humanitarian law.
This well written and researched book is a timely and important contribution to the literature of international humanitarian law, and our understanding of the fundamental importance of its principles for humanity from the dawn of history.
- Matthew E.K. Neuhaus, Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands, in The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Vol. 22, No. 1 (2023)
- Matthew E.K. Neuhaus, Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands, in The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Vol. 22, No. 1 (2023)
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Samuel White
1 Indigenous Australians
Ray Kerkhove & Samuel White
2 Māori Warfare and the New Zealand Wars – Atrocities, Chivalry and Apologies
Alexander Gillespie
3 The Aztecs
Samuel White & Ray Kerkhove
4 The Late Middle Ages
Samuel White
5 The Renaissance
Kyle Walker
6 The Viking Age
Andrew D. Butler
7 Pirates and Privateers in Elizabethan England
Andrew Read
8 Code of Necessity – Lawfare During the United States Civil War
Christopher M. Bailey
Conclusion
Samuel White
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Samuel White
1 Indigenous Australians
Ray Kerkhove & Samuel White
2 Māori Warfare and the New Zealand Wars – Atrocities, Chivalry and Apologies
Alexander Gillespie
3 The Aztecs
Samuel White & Ray Kerkhove
4 The Late Middle Ages
Samuel White
5 The Renaissance
Kyle Walker
6 The Viking Age
Andrew D. Butler
7 Pirates and Privateers in Elizabethan England
Andrew Read
8 Code of Necessity – Lawfare During the United States Civil War
Christopher M. Bailey
Conclusion
Samuel White
Index
All interested in the history of war, the history of the law of armed conflict, and anyone concerned with comparative historical restrictions and customs.