This book describes how international law regulates the problems that arise where economic activity meets violent conflict.

“Professor Byers’s book goes to the heart of some of the most bitterly contested recent controversies about the International Rule of Law.” —Chris Patte

As insurgencies rage, a burning question remains: how should insurgents fight technologically superior state armies? Commentators rarely ask this question becau

Examines the difficulties in applying international law to recent armed conflicts known as 'new wars'.