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The Laws of Yesterday's Wars 2: From Ancient India to East Africa

  • Samuel White (Editor)

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Abstract

How international is international humanitarian law? The Laws of Yesterday's Wars 2: From Ancient India to East Africa, together with its companion volume, The Laws of Yesterday's Wars: From Indigenous Australians to the American Civil War (Brill-Nijhoff, 2021), attempts to answer that question. It offers a culture-by-culture account of various unique restrictions placed on warfare over time. Containing essays by a range of laws of war academics and practitioners, it approaches the laws of yesterday's wars from a wide cross-section of history and culture, seeking to find any common ground and to demonstrate a history of international law outside the usual confines of its 'development' by Europeans and its later 'contributions.' This volume includes studies on Japanese, Islamic and Eastern Native American rules of war.

Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLeiden, Netherlands
PublisherKoninklijke Brill NV
Number of pages260
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9789004473218, 9789004473201
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Oct 2022

Publication series

NameInternational Humanitarian Law Series
PublisherBrill Nijhoff
No.64
ISSN (Electronic)1389-6776

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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