Cover illustration: "Death or Glory" (Aboriginal figures fighting), Tommy McRae pen & ink. Source: 'Drawings by Tommy McRae and Mickey of Ulladulla, ca. 1860s-1901' collection. Reproduced with kind permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Australia. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: White, Samuel, editor.
Title: The laws of yesterday’s wars : from Indigenous Australians to the American Civil War / edited by Samuel White.
Description: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: International humanitarian law series, 1389-6776 ; volume 58 | Includes index. | Summary: “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?” – Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021041851 (print) | LCCN 2021041852 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004464285 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004464292 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: War (International law)–History.
Classification: LCC KZ6385 .L398 2022 (print) | LCC KZ6385 (ebook) | DDC 341.6–dc23
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ISSN 1389-6776
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