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The Law of War

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The Present State of International Law and Other Essays

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The law of war consists of three largely separate bodies of law corresponding to the three environments in which war is conducted—land, air and sea. The law with respect to war on land is relatively modern, highly detailed and almost universally accepted. The law of war in the air and the law of naval warfare are fragmentary, pitched on a high level of abstraction and rendered obsolescent by changes in technology and in the power of States. While the International Law Association has from time to time concerned itself with these subjects, the sole activity of the Association in this field since the Second World War has been in the field of International Medical Law.

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Baxter, R.R. (1973). The Law of War. In: Bos, M. (eds) The Present State of International Law and Other Essays. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4497-3_7

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