The Rights and Duties of Neutrals

The Rights and Duties of Neutrals
Author: Stephen C. Neff
Publisher: Juris Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN:

1 Hardcover Volume. The Rights and Duties of Neutrals is the first English-language book to survey the history of the law of neutrality from its medieval roots to the present day. The theme is the eternal clash between the rights of neutrals and belligerents - between the right of belligerents to defeat their enemies, and the right of neutrals to trade freely with all parties. Over the centuries, belligerent powers have devised various legal means of restricting neutrals from trading with their enemies, such as the law of blockade and contraband carriage. At the same time/ neutral traders have done their best to evade and circumvent these restrictions. This book traces the evolution of state practice, together with the debates over the relevant doctrinal issues and the various attempts to reform and codify the law of neutrality.This previously untold story will be of interest to anyone interested in the history of warfare or in issues of justice between nations in time of war. Technical legal language is minimised to ensure that this history is accessible to general readers as well as to professional lawyers.

Neutrality in Contemporary International Law

Neutrality in Contemporary International Law
Author: James Upcher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2020
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0198739761

While some have argued that neutrality has become irrelevant, this volume asserts that neutrality continues to be a key concept of the law of armed conflict. Neutrality in Contemporary International Law details the rights and duties of neutral states and demonstrates how the rules of neutrality continue to apply in modern day conflicts.

Caught in the Middle

Caught in the Middle
Author: Johan den Hertog
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 9052603707

The essays in this collection cover not only multiple countries, but also multiple aspects of the concept of neutrality: political, economic, cultural and legal. These case studies have led to a re-evaluation of the notion of neutrality, and the role of neutrals, during the First World War, making this collection of great value to all scholars of neutrality, the history of individual neutral countries, and of the war itself.

The Handbook of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts

The Handbook of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts
Author: Dieter Fleck
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 630
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780198298670

This book offers the most authoritative commentary and analysis of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflict available. It is based upon the Joint Service Regulation for the German Ministry of Defence, augmented with extensive international references, and accompanied bycommentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts. Whilst the past decades have seen consistent development of international law applicable in armed conflict, culminating in a series of International Covenants and Protocols, world events in recent years have made reassessment of the law both a timely and topical concern. This Handbook available for the first time in paperback will serve as an indispensable reference source for practising lawyers and academics working in the field of international humanitarian law and for military personnel worldwide.

An Age of Neutrals

An Age of Neutrals
Author: Maartje Abbenhuis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2014-06-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107037603

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A Scrap of Paper

A Scrap of Paper
Author: Isabel V. Hull
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2014-04-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 0801470641

In A Scrap of Paper, Isabel V. Hull compares wartime decision making in Germany, Great Britain, and France, weighing the impact of legal considerations in each. She demonstrates how differences in state structures and legal traditions shaped the way the three belligerents fought the war. Hull focuses on seven cases: Belgian neutrality, the land war in the west, the occupation of enemy territory, the blockade, unrestricted submarine warfare, the introduction of new weaponry, and reprisals. A Scrap of Paper reconstructs the debates over military decision-making and clarifies the role law played—where it constrained action, where it was manipulated, where it was ignored, and how it developed in combat—in each case. A Scrap of Paper is a passionate defense of the role that the law must play to govern interstate relations in both peace and war.