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Jeremy A. Rabkin
| Jul 10, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict
Who Speaks for Humanity? In a previous post on Articles of War, I argued that it was wrong to assess rules for the conduct of war without giving some consideration to the type of war involved, even if that meant blurring the distinction between jus ad bellum and jus...
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Kieran R.J. Tinkler
| Oct 13, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Does International Humanitarian Law Confer Undue Legitimacy on Violence in War? International humanitarian law (IHL) is extolled as a civilizing force that seeks to limit the effects of war for humanitarian reasons. Yet there is a burgeoning sense that IHL has...
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Charles Trumbull
| Jul 10, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Humanitarian Protection, Law of Armed Conflict
Collateral Damage and Innocent Bystanders in War This post is based on the author’s article in the Stanford Journal of International Law and is posted here with the permission of SJIL. It is generally accepted in moral philosophy that it is prohibited to knowingly...
