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Larry May is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Law, and Political Science at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. He has published over thirty books, including War Crimes and Just War (Cambridge, 2007), After War Ends (Cambridge, 2012), and Contingent Pacifism (Cambridge, 2015).
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Téléchargez le livre :  Ancient Legal Thought
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Ancient Legal Thought

Larry May


Cambridge University Press

2019-05-30

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This is a study of what constituted legality and the role of law in ancient societies. Investigating and comparing legal codes and legal thinking of the ancient societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, India, the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and...

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Télécharger le livre :  The Cambridge Handbook of the Just War
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The Cambridge Handbook of the Just War


Larry May


What makes a war just?What makes a specific weapon, strategy, or decision in war just? The tradition of Just War Theory has provided answers to these questions since at least 400 AD, yet each shift in the weapons and strategies of war poses significant challenges to...

Parution : 2018-02-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Weighing Lives in War
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Weighing Lives in War


Claire Finkelstein , Larry May , Jens David Ohlin


The chief means to limit and calculate the costs of war are the philosophical and legal concepts of proportionality and necessity. Both categories are meant to restrain the most horrific potential of war.The volume explores the moral and legal issues in the modern law...

Parution : 2017-08-11
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  Weighing Lives in War
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Weighing Lives in War


Claire Finkelstein , Larry May , Jens David Ohlin


The chief means to limit and calculate the costs of war are the philosophical and legal concepts of proportionality and necessity. Both categories are meant to restrain the most horrific potential of war.The volume explores the moral and legal issues in the modern law...

Parution : 2017-08-04
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  International Criminal Tribunals
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International Criminal Tribunals


Shannon Fyfe , Larry May


In the last two decades there has been a meteoric rise of international criminal tribunals and courts, and also a strengthening chorus of critics against them. Today it is hard to find strong defenders of international criminal tribunals and courts. This book attempts...

Parution : 2017-03-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Necessity in International Law
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Necessity in International Law


Larry May , Jens David Ohlin


Necessity is a notoriously dangerous and slippery concept-dangerous because it contemplates virtually unrestrained killing in warfare and slippery when used in conflicting ways in different areas of international law. Jens David Ohlin and Larry May untangle these...

Parution : 2016-09-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Contingent Pacifism
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Contingent Pacifism


Larry May


In this, the first major philosophical study of contingent pacifism, Larry May offers a new account of pacifism from within the Just War tradition. Written in a non-technical style, the book features real-life examples from contemporary wars and applies a variety of...

Parution : 2015-08-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Proportionality in International Law
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Proportionality in International Law


Larry May , Michael Newton


Proportionality is intimately linked to the overarching concepts of self-defense, lawful force, and the controlled application of violence. It is one of the most visible facets of humanitarian law designed to reduce unnecessary human suffering and avoid excessive damage...

Parution : 2014-03-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Limiting Leviathan
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Limiting Leviathan


Larry May


Thomas Hobbes wrote extensively about law and was strongly influenced by developments and debates among lawyers of his day. And Hobbes is considered by many commentators to be one of the first legal positivists. Yet there is no book in English that focuses on Hobbes's...

Parution : 2013-09-26
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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