Conduct of Hostilities in International Humanitarian Law, Volume II

Michael N. Schmitt, Professor, United States Naval War College and Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Professor, European University Viadrina Frankfurt, Germany.

• Contents: Introduction, Michael N. Schmitt; Part I Weapons: The law of weaponry at the start of the new millennium, Christopher Greenwood; Conventional weapons under legal prohibitions, R.R. Baxter; Some legal aspects of the use of nuclear weapons, Ian Brownlie. Part II Persons: So-called 'unprivileged belligerency': spies, guerrillas, and saboteurs, Richard R. Baxter; The status of combatants and the question of guerrilla warfare, G.I.A.D. Draper; Special forces' wear of non-standard uniforms, W. Hays Parks; Unlawful combatancy, Yoram Dinstein; The legal situation of 'unlawful/unprivileged combatants', Knut Dörmann; Humanitarian law and direct participation in hostilities by private contractors or civilian employees, Michael N. Schmitt; The status of mercenaries in international law, L.C. Green; The international legal protection of children in armed conflicts, Geraldine Van Bueren; Protection of women in armed conflict, Judith Gardam and Hilary Charlesworth. Part III Objects: Captured enemy property: booty of war and seized enemy property, William Gerald Downey Jr; Green war: an assessment of the environmental law of international armed conflict, Michael N. Schmitt. Part IV Tactics: Ruses of war and prohibition of perfidy, Dieter Fleck; Name index.