National Security & Armed Conflict · Third Edition
The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Approach - Third Edition - Geoffrey S. Corn
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The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Approach Third Edition Geoffrey S. Corn
ISBN: 9798886142280
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The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Approach provides a comprehensive examination of the international legal framework governing armed conflicts and its implementation through national and coalition policies and practices. With a particular emphasis on military operations, the book explores how legal obligations are applied in strategic, operational, and tactical settings.
All three authors are retired United States Army officers, with more than 140 years of combined military operational experience. Most have served as both legal advisors and combat leaders, and all have extensive teaching experience at various law schools and are recognized scholars in international law and the regulation of armed conflict. Their collective expertise allows them to address complex legal issues while providing students with practical insight into the challenges of implementing international legal obligations during military operations.
The text examines all major aspects of the law of armed conflict, distinguishing between legal requirements and military policy while exploring the difficulties of reconciling differing legal interpretations among multinational coalition partners. Although the primary focus is on U.S. legal interpretations and operational practices, the authors also examine significant differences among the United States, its coalition partners, and perspectives from academic and nongovernmental humanitarian organizations.
A distinctive feature of the book is its use of historical military operations, realistic scenarios, and practical hypotheticals drawn from the authors' own experiences. Each chapter introduces a particular area of law through an overview and an operational scenario, placing students in the position of military legal advisors confronting challenges ranging from pre-deployment preparation to post-conflict stability operations and war crimes investigations and prosecutions.
New to the Third Edition:
- Incorporates legal issues and lessons learned from recent conflicts, including Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine.
- Updates national positions on significant law of armed conflict issues.
- Expands coverage of the doctrine of neutrality in light of contemporary armed conflicts.
- Introduces distinct operational scenarios and problem sets for each chapter.
- Updates all major areas of the law to reflect developments arising from recent conflicts.
- Adds a new author, bringing the number of authors with experience as the U.S. Army's senior expert law of armed conflict advisors to three.
- Expands coverage of the intersection between emerging technologies and military operations.
Key Features and Benefits:
- Exceptional Military and Academic Expertise: Written by retired U.S. military officers with more than 140 years of combined operational experience, extensive legal advisory backgrounds, and a collective publication record exceeding 100 articles. All authors have served in military legal or operational assignments during recent U.S. operations and currently teach at leading U.S. law schools.
- Extensive Primary Sources and Documentation: Includes excerpts from treaties and treaty commentaries, domestic and international cases, judicial decisions, Department of Defense manuals and directives, military field manuals, and regulations implementing international legal obligations.
- Comprehensive Legal Coverage: Examines all major aspects of the law of armed conflict, including jus ad bellum and jus in bello, while distinguishing legal obligations from military policy and addressing differences between U.S. interpretations and those of other states and nongovernmental organizations.
- Practical, Scenario-Based Instruction: Introduces each legal topic through an overview and a corresponding wartime operational scenario, helping students understand how legal principles apply throughout the course of military operations.
- Realistic Problems and Exercises: Each chapter includes carefully developed problems based on historical events and actual operational experience. Students assume the role of military legal advisors, providing operational legal advice and evaluating the legal implications of military decisions.
- Understanding Law in Practice: Goes beyond explaining the substantive law to examine the operational context in which legal obligations arise and the practical challenges of implementing them during armed conflicts.
Suitable for two-, three-, or four-credit courses, The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Approach offers students a uniquely practical understanding of international law, military operations, and the responsibilities of legal advisors in modern armed conflicts.
The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Approach 2026 Third Edition Geoffrey S. Corn
ISBN: 9798886142280, 979-8886142280, 979-8-8861-4228-0, 979-8-88614-228-0
Geoffrey S. Corn
Gary Corn
Victor Hansen
M. Christopher Jenks
Eric Talbot Jensen
Michael W. Meier
James A. Schoettler
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- ISBN
- 9798886142280
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Aspen Publishing
- Publication Date
- November 2026
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