Innocent civilians: the morality of killing in war
Auteur :
McKeogh, C.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9780333972373
Date de publication :
15 avr. 2002
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western thought from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status, Colm McKeogh attempts to answer this question.