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Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Original Title Page 6 Original Copyright Page 7 EDITOR’S NOTE 8 Table of Contents 10 Preface 12 Abbreviations used in foot notes 14 I. Introduction 16 PART ONE: THE LEGAL BASIS OF THE LAW OF ARMS AND ITS ADMINISTRATION 20 II. The legal basis of the law of arms 22 III. The trial of military cases 38 IV. The authority of military courts 60 PART TWO: THE JUST WAR AND ITS CONDITIONS 76 V. The legal theory of just war 78 VI. The problems of allegiance and of illicit war 97 VII. The signs of war 116 VIII. Sieges 134 PART THREE: THE ‘INCIDENTS’ OF JUST WAR 150 IX. Gains of war and their division 152 X. The law of ransom 171 PART FOUR: INTERLUDES IN WAR AND PEACE 202 XI. Immunity from war 204 XII. Letters of marque and defiance 233 XIII. Conclusions 254 APPENDICES 264 Appendix I. The legal implications of ‘appatis’ 266 Appendix II. The peerage of soldiers 269 Appendix III. Illustrative cases 273 Bibliography 285 Index 296
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Maurice H. Keen
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction