Interactive Outline Of The Law Of War
1.1 What Is War?
1.2 Purposes And Uses Of The Law Of War
1.3 Distinctions Among Types Of Armed Combat
1.4 How And When Hostilities Commence
1.5 The Legal Effects Of War
1.6 Legitimate Use Of Armed Force
2.1 The Role Of History In Establishing General Principles
2.2 Sources: Treaties, Custom, Decisions, Commentators & Treatises
2.3 The Central Role Of The U.N. Charter, The Geneva And Hague Conventions
3.1 Regulated And Forbidden Conduct
3.2 Limits On Weapons
3.2.1 Conventional Weapons
3.2.2 Gas & Biological Warfare
3.2.3 Nuclear Weapons
3.3 Limits On Methods Of Warfare
3.3.1 Land Warfare
3.3.2 Naval Warfare
3.3.3 Aerial Warfare
3.4 Limits on Places Of Warfare
3.4.1 Outer Space
3.4.2 Environmental Warfare
3.5 What The Future Holds
4.1 Command Responsibility
4.2 Liability For War Crimes
4.3 Rules Of Engagement
4.4 The Reality Of Combat
5.1 Prisoners Of War
5.1.1 Entitlement to Treatment as a Prisoner of War
5.1.2 Interrogation of Prisoners of War
5.1.3 Torture
5.2 Civilians
5.3 Other Protected Persons
5.3.1 Aliens And Internees
5.3.2 The Sick And Wounded
6.1 Civilian Zones
6.2 Specifically Protected Property
6.2.2 Personal Property
6.3 Excepted Military Property
7.1 The Legal Status of Occupied Territory
7.2 Treatment Of The Populace
7.3 Treatment Of Property
7.3.1 Private Property
7.3.2 Public Property
7.4 Right To Administer Occupied Territory
8.1 The Role Of International Organizations In War
8.2 The Paramount Role Of The United Nations
8.3 Warfare By International Organizations
8.3.1The NATO Example...Kosevo
8.3.2 The Warsaw Pact...Czechoslovakia
8.3.2 The U.N. Example...Korea
8.4 Non-Governmental Organizations
9.1 Rules Governing Neutrality
9.2 The Role Of Neutrals
9.3 Trade And Passage By Neutrals
9.4 The Effects Of War On Neutrals
10.1 Relations Among Belligerents
10.2 The Role Of Peace Making Bodies
10.3 War Crimes Tribunals
10.3.1 Procedural Issues Before International Tribunals
10.3.2 Substantive Issues Before International Tribunals
Copyright © 2000 Evan J. Wallach. All rights reserved. Revised: March 07, 2006