Theodor Meron is Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law, specialising in human rights, humanitarian law, international criminal law and law and literature.

• Medieval and renaissance ordinances of war: codifying discipline and humanity ; Shakespeare's Henry V and the law of war ; Crimes and accountability in Shakespeare ; Common rights of mankind in Gentili, Grotius and Suarez ; Francis Lieber's code and principles of humanity ; Deportation of civilians as a war crime under customary law ; Geneva Conventions as customary law ; The time has come for the United States to ratify Geneva Protocol I ; The case for war crimes in Yugoslavia ; From Nuremberg to the Hague ; Rape as a crime under international humanitarian law ; The normative impact of the international tribunal for former Yugoslavia ; International criminalization of internal atrocities ; The continuing role of custom in the formation of international humanitarian law ; Answering for war crimes: lessons from the Balkans ; Classification of armed conflict in former Yugoslavia: Nicaragua's fallout ; War crimes law comes of age

... magisterial ... Professor Meron provides a compelling account of the evolution of humanitarian law ... Thework's great strength is, indeed, its detailed explication of the doctrinal and institutional developments in the law of war since the American Civil War.