Full Description
This volume presents a novel insight into the complex intersections between the law of armed conflict and the language of armed conflict. The work demonstrates the strengths and fissures in the law, showing how the choice to employ certain terms can have lasting ramifications for those most vulnerable to the impacts of warfare - civilians, women, children, and the displaced.
Contents
Introduction: On the Nature of Law, Language, and Warfare
Emily Crawford
The Terminology of the Law of Warfare: a Linguistic Analysis of State Practice
Emily Crawford, Jacqueline Mowbray and Annabelle Lukin
The International Laws of War: Linguistic Analysis from the Perspectives of Register, Corpus and Grammatical Patterning
Annabelle Lukin and Alexandra García Marrugo
International Humanitarian Law: Necessity, Distinction and the 'Standard of Civilisation'
Matt Killingsworth
Filling the Gaps: The Expansion of International Humanitarian Law and the Juridification of the Free-Fighter
Amanda Alexander
Another Look at the Gendered Constitution of the Laws of War Semantic Fields, Hegemonic Masculinities and the Reproduction of Heteronormativity
Frédéric Mégret
The Language of the Protection of Civilians Mandate and the Primary Responsibility of the State: A Legal Norm for Peace and Security
Tamer Morris
Index
