This book provides an accessible and engaging account of the contemporary laws of war. It highlights how, even though war has been outlawed and should be finished as an institution, states continue to claim that they can wage necessary wars of self-defence, engage in lawful killings in war, and imprison law-of-war detainees. Publisher: Oxford University Press Author(s): Andrew (Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva) Clapham Number of pages: 624 Collection: Clarendon Law Series Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 138 x 215 x 36 Cover type: Paperback / softback