On the classical doctrine of civil war in international law
Author zone:
Ville Kari
Editor:
Helsinki : University of Helsinki, 2020
Physical description:
XIII, 449 p. ; 25 cm
ISBN:
978-951-51-5852-9
Languages:
English
General Note:
Bibliography : p. 431-449.- Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, defended on 14 May 2020.
Abstract:
The doctoral dissertation of Ville Kari sets out to find out what happened to the old laws of war, peace and neutrality in intrastate conflicts. Combining extensive research in comprehensive academic libraries and archives with an advanced access to the latest digital databases, the thesis revisits the key sources and documents that once constituted the classical doctrine of civil war in international legal scholarship. The result is an autonomous reassessment of four hundred years of international law of insurgencies and revolutions, both in state practice and in legal scholarship. The findings not only help make the classical doctrine understandable again, but also offer potential new insights for present-day lawyers about the origins, aspirations and vulnerabilities of the legal tradition with which they work today.