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Of War and Law

Hardcover • 2006 • English

Of War and Law

By David Kennedy

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About the book

Modern war is law pursued by other means. Once a bit player in military conflict, law now shapes the institutional, logistical, and physical landscape of war. At the same time, law has become a political and ethical vocabulary for marking legitimate power and justifiable death. As a result, the battlespace is as legally regulated as the rest of modern life. In Of War and Law, David Kennedy examines this important development, retelling the history of modern war and statecraft as a tale of the ch...Show more

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9780691128641

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Of War and Law

Format

Hardcover

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