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Title From mercenaries to market : the rise and regulation of private military companies / edited by Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (1 online version (xx, 287 pages))
Contents Introduction / Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt -- pt. 1. Concerns. Morality and regulation / Sarah Percy -- What should and what should not be regulated? / Kevin A. O'Brien -- Regulating the role of private military companies in shaping security and politics / Anna Leander -- pt. 2. Challenges. Weak governments in search of strength : Africa's experience of mercenaries and private military companies / Angela McIntyre and Taya Weiss -- A government in search of cover : private military companies in Iraq / David Isenberg -- Transitional states in search of support : private military companies and security sector reform / Elke Krahmann -- pt. 3. Norms. Private military companies under international humanitarian law / Louise Doswald-Beck -- Private military companies and state responsibility / Chia Lehnardt -- Domestic regulation : licensing regimes for the export of military goods and services / Marina Caparini -- pt. 4. Markets. The emerging market for private military services and the problems of regulation / Deborah Avant -- Make or buy? : principal-agent theory and the regulation of private military companies / James Cockayne -- Contract as a tool for regulating private military companies / Laura A. Dickinson -- The future of the market / Andrew Bearpark and Sabrina Schulz -- Conclusion : From mercenaries to market / Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt
Summary The contributors to this text consider the growing importance of private military companies and efforts to regulate their activities
Analysis Mercenary troops
Police, Private
Private security services Law and legislation
Security, International
Notes "A project of the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University School of Law."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Police, Private.
Private security services -- Law and legislation
Mercenary troops.
Security, International.
Private military companies.
mercenaries.
86.92 law of war.
89.76 polemology.
LAW -- Military.
Forces armées.
Entreprises privées.
Activité militaire.
Réglementation.
Ethique.
Mercenary troops.
Police, Private.
Private military companies.
Private security services -- Law and legislation.
Security, International.
Privatarmee
Sicherheitspolitik
Militias.
Private sector.
Security services.
Mercenary troops.
Military.
Privatization.
Police, Private.
Private security services -- Law and legislation.
Mercenary troops.
Security, International.
Private military companies.
Private military companies.
National security.
International peace and security.
Regulation.
Legosoldater.
Internationell säkerhet.
Military policy.
PSCs -- armed forces.
Form Electronic book
Author Chesterman, Simon.
Lehnardt, Chia.
LC no. 2007013102
ISBN 9780191566516
0191566519
9780191711435
0191711438
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9781283580434
9786613892881
6613892882
0199228485
9780199228485