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INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
AND SECURITY LAW
Hilaire McCoubrey wrote extensively in the area of armed conflict law
(governing the use of force in international relations, and the conduct of
hostilities), and on the issues of collective security law and the law relating to
arms control. Although he died at the early age of forty-six in 2000 he had
contributed significantly to the separate study of these areas, but also to the
idea of studying the issues as a whole subject. The collection covers difficult
and controversial issues in the area of conflict and security law. Within a
coherent framework provided by extracts from Hilaire’s own work, the
contributors, drawn both from academe and practice, provide expert
analysis of many aspects of the law governing armed conflict and collective
security. These include the application of international humanitarian law in
the operational context; the duty to educate in humanitarian law; superior
orders; command responsibility; the protective emblem; the relevance of
international humanitarian law to terrorism; and legitimate military targets.
The book then moves from a consideration of the laws of war to the law of
peace with a consideration of the application of human rights law in
international armed conflict law. An essay on democracy as an aspect of
peace and security widens the human rights debate out further and takes us
into regional security regimes. The essays then move on to discuss aspects of
collective security law. As well as providing a fitting tribute to the main
aspects of Hilaire’s contribution to knowledge, the volume provides a
coherent reconsideration and development of key aspects of conflict and
security law at a time when that law is being applied, breached, debated or
reformed on almost a daily basis.
RICHARD BURCHILL is Director of the McCoubrey Centre for
International Law. His research concerns the development of democracy
in international law. He i