The international law of occupation /
The law of occupation imposes two types of obligations on an army that seizes control of enemy land during armed conflict: obligations to respect and protect the inhabitants and their rights, and an obligation to respect the sovereign rights of the ousted government. In theory, the occupant is expec...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press,
2012
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law - TRIAL (20 Oct 2020)
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The law of occupation imposes two types of obligations on an army that seizes control of enemy land during armed conflict: obligations to respect and protect the inhabitants and their rights, and an obligation to respect the sovereign rights of the ousted government. In theory, the occupant is expected to establish an effective and impartial administration, to carefully balance its own interests against those of the inhabitants and their government, and to negotiate the occupation'searly termination in a peace treaty. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1993. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 383 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-370) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191621529 0191621528 9780191787812 0191787817 1283582120 9781283582124 9786613894571 6613894575 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
