02843cam a2200385 i 4500001001000000003000500010005001700015007001500032008004100047020002700088020002300115020003000138020002600168040039600194050001100590245015000601264004200751264001100793300003700804336002100841337002300862338003200885347002400917504004100941505057900982520060601561650003302167650004002200653003802240655002802278700002802306700004302334700002502377856005502402185026945UIAM20231123150021.0cr mn#nnnaucua071223t2007    gw     gob    110 0 eng c  a3540490892q(hardback)  a3540490906 (ebook)  a9783540490890q(hardback)  a9783540490906 (ebook)  aGW5XEbengepnerdacGW5XEdGW5XEdYDXCPdLVBdTEXdMUQdCEFdOCLCQdMHWdOCLCQdUABdCNTRUdE7BdMNUdIDEBKdOCLCOdOCLCQdA7UdOCLCQdDEBSZdOCLCFdBEDGEdOCLCQdVT2dSLYdOCLCOdCOOdOCLCQdOCLCOdOCLdOCLCOdEBLCPdOCLCQdOTZdOCLCQdESUdOCLCAdSTFdJG0dOCLCQdU3WdOCLCQdWYUdYOUdUWOdOCLCQdLEAUBdW2UdOCLCQdWURSTdOCLCQdDCTdERFdLUNdOCLCQdOCLCOdCOMdOCLCOdOCLCQdOCLdUIAM00aKZ646700aInternational humanitarian law facing new challenges :bsymposium in honour of Knut Ipsen /cWolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Volker Epping, editors 1aBerlin ;aNew York :bSpringer,c2007 4c©2007  a1 online resource (x, 280 pages)  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda  aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aConfronting New Challenges Knut Ipsen and International Humanitarian Law; Asymmetrical Warfare and International Humanitarian Law; 'The end justifies the means' -- Should this be the philosophy?; Comment: Is the Principle of Distinction Outdated?; Asymmetries and the Identification of Legitimate Military Objectives; Targeting Hearts and Minds: National Will and Other Legitimate Military Objectives of Modern War; The United Kingdom and Legitimate Military Objectives: Current Practice ... and Future Trends?; The System of Status Groups in International Humanitarian Law.  aRecent armed conflicts, whether international or non-international in character, are in many respects characterized by a variety of asymmetries. These asymmetries may be overstressed, sometime even abused, and ultimately virtually meaningless. Still, either as such or in conjunction with other developments, they seem to challenge the law of armed conflicts or: international humanitarian law. These challenges may very well compromise the very function of that body of law, which is to mitigate as far as possible the calamities of war. Thus, the law of armed conflict may be deprived of its fundam. 0aHumanitarian lawvCongresses 0aWar (International law)vCongresses  aConference proceedings, published07aElectronic books (Form)1 aEpping, Volker,eeditor1 aHeintschel von Heinegg, Wolff,eeditor1 aIpsen, Knut,eeditor41uhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-540-49090-6