From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies by Chesterman, Simon

From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199228485)

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From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies by Chesterman, Simon

From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies

$150.00
From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies by Chesterman, Simon

From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies

$150.00
Format: Hardcover
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Frequently characterized as either mercenaries in modern guise or the market's response to a security vaccuum, private military companies are commercial firms offering military services ranging from combat and military training and advice to logistical support, and which play an increasingly important role in armed conflicts, UN peace operations, and providing security in unstable states. This work analyzes the current legal framework and the needs and possibilities for regulation in the years ahead, organized around four sets of questions, which are reflected in the four parts of the book. First, why and how is regulation of PMCs now a challenging issue? Secondly, how have problems leading to a call for regulation manifested in different regions and contexts? Third, what regulatory norms and institutions currently exist and how effective are they? And, fourth, what role has the market to play in regulation?

Author: Simon Chesterman
ISBN-10: 0199228485
ISBN-13: 9780199228485
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2007
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.64w x 0.95d
By Simon Chesterman
By Simon Chesterman
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Simon Chesterman is Global Professor and Director of the New York University School of Law Singapore Programme, and Vice Dean and Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore. His books include You, The People: The United Nations, Transitional Administration, and State-Building (Oxford University Press, 2004) and Just War or Just Peace? Humanitarian Intervention and International Law (Oxford University Press, 2001).

Chia Lehnardt is a doctoral student in Berlin. From 2005-2006 she was responsible for the research project on private military companies at the Institute for International Law and Justice (IILJ), New York University School of Law. Educated in Berlin, Oxford, Florence, and New York, she has previously worked as a consultant to the IILJ, at the German Federal Parliament, and with a law firm specializing in public law.

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