The law of war between belligerents : a history and commentary / by Percy Bordwell.
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Littleton, Colo. : F.B. Rothman, 1994.
Record id:
72095
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Subject:
War (International law)
Contents:
Pt. I. History. Introduction
Before Grotius
Grotius and his times
Wars of princes
The revolutionary and Napoleonic struggles
The period of peace and the Declaration of Paris
The Civil War in the United States
The Geneva Convention of 1864 and the Declaration of St. Petersburg
The Franco-German War
The codification of the law of war
Wars in the East and West
The first peace conference
The war in South Africa
The Russo-Japanese War
The revision of the Geneva Convention and the second peace conference
Pt. II. Commentary. Commencement of war
Enemy character and property
The qualifications of belligerents
Prisoners of war
The sick, wounded and shipwrecked
Means of offense and defense
Nonhostile intercourse of belligerents
Military occupation - rights and duties as to persons
Military occupation - rights and duties as to property
Appendices. I. Treatment of Russian subjects during the Russo-Japanese War
II. Convention respecting the laws and customs of war on land
III. Declaration prohibiting the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons.
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Description based on print version record.
Originally published: Chicago : Callaghan & Co., 1908.
Includes bibliographical references (p. xix-xxiv) and index.
Variant title:
HeinOnline Legal Classics Library collection.
ISBN:
0837719755
9780837719757
Phys. description:
1 online resource (xxiv, 374 p.)