Ethics, Authority, and War Non-State Actors and the Just War Tradition [Paperback]

In original essays written by both senior scholars as well as rising younger scholars in the field of international ethics, this volume addresses the ethics of war in an era when non-state actors are playing an increasingly prominent role in armed conflict.Non-State Actors and the Just War Tradition; E.A.Heinze ?& B.J.Steele From Versailles to 9/11: Non-State Actors and Just War in the Twentieth Century; C.O'Driscoll Authority and the Problem of Non-State Actors; A.F.Lang, Jr. What Happened to Punishment in the Just War Tradition?; H.D.Gould War Crimes Trials and the Just War Tradition; M.J.Struett Private Military Companies, Just War, and Humanitarian Intervention; E.A.Heinze Gender, Just War, and Non-State Actors; L.Sjoberg 'Justice is Conscience:' Hizbollah, Israel, and the Perversity of Just War; B.J.Steele ?& J.L.Amoureux Jus Post Bellum , Peacebuilding, and Non-State Actors: Lessons from Afghanistan; M.Labonte Conclusion: Elusive Distinctions, Epochal Changes; N.Onuf

The proliferation of non-state actors in the world s war zones is one of the most troubling, and ethically complex, issues confronting the world today.Bringing together many of the best new thinkers on the ethics of war, this important new volume sheds light on the problem, demonstrates its breadth and complexity to the full, and presents a range of different - but equally compelling - perspectives.As such, this book provides much rewarding food for thought and is just what is needed to help us grapple with this thorniest of moral problems. - Alexander Bellamy, Professor of International Relations and Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, University of Queensland, Australia

The just war tradition is a much-debated topic in international relations and too few works have tried to take seriously its implications for non-state actors. This book goes far towards addressing that yawning gap in the literature, bringing togethlãr