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UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (ed.), The Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 611.

UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (ed.), The Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict, Oxford, Oxford University... The long awaited manual on the law of armed conflict produced by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence follows the famous volume published by HMSO in 1958 under the tile The Law of War on Land, being Part III of the Manual of Military Law. Like its antecedent the present manual has taken profit from the ad- vice of eminent scholars, whose work has been precious because of the complexity of the contemporary law of armed conflict. Unlike the 1958 Manual, the present one is a tripartite manual, since it deals with law of war on land, air and at sea. It comprises 16 Chapters, including two dedicated, respectively, to Peace Support Operations (PSO) and Internal Armed Conflicts. These two Chapters are very ap- propriate, since PSO and Non-International Armed Conflicts have become a per- manent feature of contemporary hostilities. The reader appreciates that the Manual's rules are properly introduced with a doctrinal presentation and footnotes, where necessary. Chapter 3 (The Applicability of the Law of Armed Conflict) points out that "war" has become a term "largely void of current international legal significance except in the case of declared war" (p. 29). Indeed, the Manual is correctly entitled http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Italian Yearbook of International Law Online Brill

UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (ed.), The Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 611.

The Italian Yearbook of International Law Online , Volume 14 (1): 3 – Jan 1, 2004

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The long awaited manual on the law of armed conflict produced by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence follows the famous volume published by HMSO in 1958 under the tile The Law of War on Land, being Part III of the Manual of Military Law. Like its antecedent the present manual has taken profit from the ad- vice of eminent scholars, whose work has been precious because of the complexity of the contemporary law of armed conflict. Unlike the 1958 Manual, the present one is a tripartite manual, since it deals with law of war on land, air and at sea. It comprises 16 Chapters, including two dedicated, respectively, to Peace Support Operations (PSO) and Internal Armed Conflicts. These two Chapters are very ap- propriate, since PSO and Non-International Armed Conflicts have become a per- manent feature of contemporary hostilities. The reader appreciates that the Manual's rules are properly introduced with a doctrinal presentation and footnotes, where necessary. Chapter 3 (The Applicability of the Law of Armed Conflict) points out that "war" has become a term "largely void of current international legal significance except in the case of declared war" (p. 29). Indeed, the Manual is correctly entitled

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