Examines the difficulties in applying international law to recent armed conflicts known as 'new wars'.

This book analyses how existing international law limits the use of means of warfare utilising the properties of nanomaterials.

This book examines the international law of forcible intervention in civil wars, in particular the role of party-consent in affecting the legality of such inter

"This book assesses the unintended consequences of the proliferation of the laws of war for both interstate and civil wars over the past two centuries"--

Teaches how and why states make, break, and uphold international law using accessible explanations and contemporary international issues.