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Do the Geneva Conventions Matter? (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,249
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Do the Geneva Conventions Matter? (Paperback): Matthew Evangelista, Nina Tannenwald

Do the Geneva Conventions Matter? (Paperback)

Matthew Evangelista, Nina Tannenwald

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The Geneva Conventions are the best-known and longest-established laws governing warfare, but what difference do they make to how states engage in armed conflict? Since the start of the "War on Terror" with 9/11, these protocols have increasingly been incorporated into public discussion. We have entered an era where contemporary wars often involve terrorism and guerrilla tactics, but how have the rules that were designed for more conventional forms of interstate violence adjusted? Do the Geneva Conventions Matter? provides a rich, comparative analysis of the laws that govern warfare and a more specific investigation relating to state practice. Matthew Evangelista and Nina Tannenwald convey the extent and conditions that symbolic or "ritual" compliance translates into actual compliance on the battlefield by looking at important studies across history. To name a few, they navigate through the Algerian War for independence from France in the 1950s and 1960s; the US wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan; Iranian and Israeli approaches to the laws of war; and the legal obligations of private security firms and peacekeeping forces. Thoroughly researched, this work adds to the law and society literature in sociology, the constructivist literature in international relations, and legal scholarship on "internalization." Do the Geneva Conventions Matter? gives insight into how the Geneva regime has constrained guerrilla warfare and terrorism and the factors that affect protect human rights in wartime.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2017
Editors: Matthew Evangelista (Professor of Political Science) • Nina Tannenwald (Professor of Political Science)
Dimensions: 234 x 168 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-937978-1
Categories: Books > Law > International law > Public international law > Treaties & other sources of international law
Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
LSN: 0-19-937978-5
Barcode: 9780199379781

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