Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1. The concept of war in modern international law
Chapter 2. The different types of armed conflicts according to the Geneva Conventions and Protocols
Chapter 3. Humanitarian law and armed conflicts: toward the definition of 'international armed conflict'
Chapter 4. Internationalized non-international armed conflicts: case studies of Afghanistan, Kampuchea, and Lebanon’
Chapter 5. The problem of the revision of the law of war
Chapter 6. The nature and scope of the Armistice agreement
Chapter 7. Armistices and other forms of suspension of hostilities
Chapter 8. The limits of the operation of the law of war
Chapter 9. The relationship between ius ad bellum and ius in bello
Chapter 10. The equal application of the laws of war: a principle under pressure
Chapter 11. The present status of neutrality
Chapter 12. International law and contemporary naval operations
Chapter 13. Human rights and humanitarian law
Chapter 14. International humanitarian law and human rights law
Chapter 15. The relationship between international humanitarian law and human rights law from the perspective of a human rights treaty body
Chapter 16. Counter-terrorism, armed force and the laws of war
Chapter 17. Use and abuse of the laws of war in the 'war on terrorism'
Index