War and the Law of Nations : a General History / Stephen C. Neff.
Tracing war as a legal concept from Roman times through to the twentieth century, Stephen Neff reveals its various roles as a law-enforcement operation, duel between states and a "crime against the peace." He also considers the post World War II definition of war as an international law-en...
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. War as Law Enforcement (to 1600)
- 1. Ares and Athena
- 2. Loving enemies and hating sin
- Part II. New Forces Stirring (1600-1815)
- 3. War in due form
- 4. Dissension in the ranks
- Part III. War as State Policy (1815-1919)
- 5. Collisions of naked interest
- 6. Tame and half-hearted war: intervention, reprisal and necessity
- 7. Civil strife
- Part IV. Just Wars Reborn (1919- )
- 8. Regulating war
- 9. Farewell to war?
- 10. New fields of battle.