The Future of Just War : New Critical Essays

These essays seek to reorient the Just War tradition around its core concerns of preventing the unjust use of force by states and limiting the harm inflicted on vulnerable populations such as civilian noncombatants. Contributors argue that the tradition needs to be updated to deal with substate acto...

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Other Authors: Gentry, Caron E. (Editor), Eckert, Amy E. (Editor)
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Published: Athens University of Georgia Press 20140115
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