Book

International law, politics and inhumane weapons : the effectiveness of global landmine regimes

Alan Bryden

Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2013

XII, 173 p. ; 24 cm

978-0-415-62205-9

English

Bibliographie : p. 158-169. Index

Two treaties have emerged under International humanitarian law (IHL) in response to the humanitarian scourge of landmines. However, despite a considerable body of related literature, clear understandings have not been established on the effectiveness of these international legal frameworks in meeting the challenges that prompted their creation. This book seeks to address this lacuna. An analytical framework grounded in regime theory helps move beyond the limitations in the current literature through a structured focus on principles, norms, rules, procedures, actors and issue areas. On the one hand, this clarifies how political considerations determine opportunities and constraints in designing and implementing IHL regimes. On the other, it enables us to explore how and why ‘ideal’ policy prescriptions are threatened when faced with complex challenges in post-conflict contexts.