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Child Soldiers in International Law
Matthew Happold
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Description for Child Soldiers in International Law
Hardback. Can the use of children as soldiers be effectively regulated at an international level? Child soldiers in international law examines how international law has developed to deal with this problematic and emotive issue. Series Editor(s): Scobbie, Iain; D'Aspremont, Jean; McGoldrick, Dominic. Series: Melland Schill Studies in International Law. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Can the use of children as soldiers be effectively regulated at an international level? 'Child soldiers in international law' examines how international law has developed to deal with this problematic and emotive issue. Happold looks at the rules restricting the recruitment of children into armed forces - rules which, though important, are often flouted - but also at the wider legal issues arising from child soldiering: to what extent can child soldiers be held criminally liable for their conduct? How should they be treated when captured? How are states obliged to demobilise and reintegrate them into their ... Read more
Can the use of children as soldiers be effectively regulated at an international level? 'Child soldiers in international law' examines how international law has developed to deal with this problematic and emotive issue. Happold looks at the rules restricting the recruitment of children into armed forces - rules which, though important, are often flouted - but also at the wider legal issues arising from child soldiering: to what extent can child soldiers be held criminally liable for their conduct? How should they be treated when captured? How are states obliged to demobilise and reintegrate them into their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Series
Melland Schill Studies in International Law
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719065866
SKU
V9780719065866
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About Matthew Happold
Matthew Happold is Lecturer in Law at the University of Nottingham -- .
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