The Laws of Yesterday’s Wars 3 : : From the Highlands of Papua New Guinea to the Island of Malta / / edited by Samuel White.

• Superior document: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2024
• TeilnehmendeR: White, Samuel C. Duckett,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2024.; International Humanitarian Law Series ; 67.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (266 pages)

How international is international humanitarian law? The Laws of Yesterday's Wars 3: From Highland New Guinea to the Island of Malta , together with its companion volumes, The Laws of Yesterday's Wars: From Indigenous Australians to the American Civil War (Brill-Nijhoff, 2021) and The Laws...

Table of Contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Series Information
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Tool on African Traditions and the Preservation of Humanity during War
• Acknowledgements
• List of Maps
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Highland Papua New Guinea Laws of War
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Means &amp
• Methods
• 3 Prohibitions
• 3.1 Prohibition on Targeting Women
• 3.2 Prohibition on Targeting Children
• 3.3 Prohibition on Breaching the Neutrality of Clans
• 3.4 Prohibition on Reprisals
• 3.5 Prohibition on Attacking Property
• 3.6 Prohibition on Disrespecting Corpses
• 4 Conclusion
• Acknowledgements and Disclaimer
• Chapter 2 Mongol Laws of War
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Means and Method
• 2.1 Society
• 2.2 Wealth Generation Tactics
• 2.3 Mongol Law
• 3 Prohibited Conduct
• 3.1 The Great Principle
• 3.2 Protection of Places of Worship
• 3.3 Law of Plunder
• 4 Defences
• 5 Conclusion
• Chapter 3 Cossack Laws of War
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Ukrainian Cossacks
• 2.1 Means and Methods of Zaporozhian Cossacks
• 2.2 Traditions of Zaporozhian Cossacks
• 2.3 Prohibitions and Punishments in the Zaporozhian Host
• 3 Registered Cossacks of Ukraine
• 3.1 Means and Methods of Registered Cossacks
• 3.2 Traditions of Registered Cossacks
• 3.3 Prohibitions and Punishments of Registered Cossacks
• 4 Don Cossacks
• 4.1 Means and Methods of Don Cossacks
• 4.2 Traditions of Don Cossacks
• 4.3 Prohibitions and Punishments of Don Cossacks
• 5 Conclusion
• Chapter 4 Ottoman Laws of War
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Ottoman Political System
• 2 Means and Methods of War
• 2.1 Nature of Wars
• 2.1.1 Jihad
• 2.1.2 Gaza
• 2.1.3 Siege Warfare
• 3 Prohibitions &amp
• Restrictions
• 3.1 Prohibition of Looting
• 3.2 Prohibition of Slavery
• 3.3 Prohibition of Shedding the Blood of Another Muslim
• 4 Defences.
• 4.1 Defence for Looting
• 4.2 Defence for Campaigns against Fellow Muslims
• 4.2.1 Defence of Religious Orthodoxy
• 4.2.2 Internal Hostility against Dar al-Islam
• 5 Punishments
• 5.1.1.1 'Political Murder'
• 5.1.1.2 Exception for Not Holding a Trial
• 5.1.1.3 Punishment of Protected Non-muslims
• 5.1.2 Non-muslim Tribute Payer (Haracgüzar)
• 5.1.3 Tributary Princes
• 5.1.4 Non-muslim Rulers
• 6 Conclusion
• Chapter 5 Ancient Malabar Laws of War
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Ancient Malabar-Social Structure and Rules
• 1.2 Origin, History and Evolution
• 1.2.1 Kalaripayattu: Origin
• 1.3 Legend of Agasthya and Parasurama
• 1.4 Other Historical Accounts
• 1.5 Bodhidharma and Kalaripayattu
• 1.5.1 Types of Kalaries
• 2 Means and Methods of Warfare
• 2.1 Historical Origin of Ankams and Mamankams
• 2.2 Ankam
• 2.3 Mamankam
• 2.4 Decline of Ankam and Mamankam
• 3 Conclusion
• Chapter 6 Iban Laws of War
• 1 Western Borneo and Its Peoples in the Nineteenth Century
• 2 How Did Iban Society 'Regulate' Itself?
• 3 Iban Warfare: Maritime Raiding and Headhunting
• 4 What Conduct Did Adat Prohibit?
• 5 What Were the Consequences for Breaching Adat Related to Warfare?
• 6 Iban Warfare and Colonial Confrontation
• 7 Conclusion
• Chapter 7 South Sudanese Laws of War
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Customary Methods and Means of Warfare
• 3 Types of Prohibited Conduct
• 3.1 Prohibition of Attack Against Certain People
• 3.2 Prohibition of Looting and Destruction of Properties
• 3.3 Treatment of Prisoners of War
• 4 Defences for Breaches of Customary Regulations and Rules of Warfare
• 5 Consequences for Breaches of the Traditional Rules of Warfare
• 6 Conclusion and Recommendations
• Chapter 8 Maltese Laws of War
• 1 Temporal Scope
• 2 Limitations
• 3 Locating Malta
• 4 System of Governance - Relationship between Church and State.
• 5 The Order
• 6 Setting Base in Malta
• 7 Methods of Warfare
• 8 Architecture
• 9 Operationalising Weapons of War, during War
• 9.1 Great Siege
• 10 Governance of Malta
• 11 Defences to Breaches
• 12 Consequences that followed
• 13 Breaches of Laws (?) of War
• 14 Case Study - Corsaring in Malta
• 15 Systems of Governance
• 16 Adjudication and Division of Loot
• 17 Defences - Implied Immunity and Sovereign Orders
• 18 Conclusion
• Conclusion
• 1 Customs of War Supported
• Rule 1 - Distinction of Combatant/Non-combatant
• Rule 6: Direct Participation in Hostilities
• 2 Customs of War Not Supported
• Rule 49
• Rule 52
• Sexual Violence (Rule 93)
• 3 The Fundamental Custom
• General Index
• Back Cover.