| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 357 pages) |
| Series |
International humanitarian law series, 1389-6776 ; v. 41 |
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International humanitarian law series ; v. 41. 1389-6776
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| Contents |
Foreword / Professor Michael N. Schmitt -- List of Contributors -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- International Humanitarian Law and the Changing Technology of War / Dan Saxon -- Chapter 1. Methodology of Law-Making: Customary International Law and New Military Technologies / Robert Heinsch -- PART I. Ensuring that Autonomous Unmanned Combat Systems Comply with International Humanitarian Law -- Chapter 2. How Far Will the Law Allow Unmanned Targeting to Go? / Bill Boothby -- Chapter 3. The Illegality of Offensive Lethal Autonomy / David Akerson -- Chapter 4. Autonomy in the Battlespace: Independently Operating Weapon Systems and the Law of Armed Conflict / Markus Wagner -- Chapter 5. The Use of Autonomous Weapons and the Role of the Legal Advisor / Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Bolt -- PART II. Applying Rules of International Humanitarian Law in an Age of Unlimited Information -- Chapter 6. Great Resources Mean Great Responsibility: A Framework of Analysis for Assessing Compliance with API Obligations in the Information Age / Kimberly Trapp -- Chapter 7. Maximising Compliance with IHL and the Utility of Data in an Age of Unlimited Information: Operational Issues / Darren Stewart -- Chapter 8. The Application of Superior Responsibility in an Era of Unlimited Information / Charles Garraway -- PART III. Challenges for International Humanitarian Law Compliance during Cyber and Network Warfare -- Chapter 9. Cyber War and the Concept of 'Attack' in International Humanitarian Law / David Turns -- Chapter 10. Proportionality and Precautions in Cyber Attacks / Michael A Newton -- Chapter 11. Participants in Conflict--Cyber Warriors, Patriotic Hackers and the Laws of War / Heather Harrison Dinniss -- PART IV. 'Non-Lethal' Technologies and International Humanitarian Law -- Chapter 12. New Weapons: Legal and Policy Issues Associated with Weapons Described as 'Non-lethal' / Neil Davison -- Chapter 13. The Path to Less Lethal and Destructive War? Technological and Doctrinal Developments and International Humanitarian Law after Iraq and Afghanistan / David P. Fidler -- Conclusions -- International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of the Changing Technology of War / Dan Saxon -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Summary |
""This book, edited by Dan Saxon, formerly of Cambridge University, is an important contribution to the literature on the relationship between law, war, and technology"" (From the Foreword by Professor Michael N. Schmitt) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Humanitarian law.
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Military weapons.
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Weapons systems.
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martial arms.
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LAW -- International.
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Humanitarian law
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Military weapons
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Weapons systems
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Armament.
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Autonomous weapon systems.
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Unmanned vehicles.
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Cyberwarfare.
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Information and communication technology.
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Non-lethal weapons.
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Military use.
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International humanitarian law.
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Humanitär rätt.
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Vapen.
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Vapensystem.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Saxon, Dan, 1958- editor.
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| ISBN |
9004229493 |
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9789004229495 |
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