Law, Language, and Warfare

This volume presents a novel insight into the complex intersections between the law of armed conflict and the language of armed conflict. The work demonstrates the strengths and fissures in the law, showing how the choice to employ certain terms can have lasting ramifications for those most vulnerable to the impacts of warfare – civilians, women, children, and the displaced.

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Russell Buchan is Professor of International Law at the University of Reading.

Emily Crawford is Professor at The University of Sydney Law School and Director of the Sydney Centre for International Law.

Rain Liivoja is Professor of International Law and Deputy Dean (Research) at the University of Queensland.
Introduction: On the Nature of Law, Language, and Warfare
  Emily Crawford

The Terminology of the Law of Warfare: a Linguistic Analysis of State Practice
  Emily Crawford, Jacqueline Mowbray and Annabelle Lukin

The International Laws of War: Linguistic Analysis from the Perspectives of Register, Corpus and Grammatical Patterning
  Annabelle Lukin and Alexandra García Marrugo

International Humanitarian Law: Necessity, Distinction and the ‘Standard of Civilisation’
  Matt Killingsworth

Filling the Gaps: The Expansion of International Humanitarian Law and the Juridification of the Free-Fighter
  Amanda Alexander

Another Look at the Gendered Constitution of the Laws of War Semantic Fields, Hegemonic Masculinities and the Reproduction of Heteronormativity
  Frédéric Mégret

The Language of the Protection of Civilians Mandate and the Primary Responsibility of the State: A Legal Norm for Peace and Security
  Tamer Morris

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Academic institutes, libraries, specialists, (post-graduate) students, and practitioners in international law, international relations, and linguistics.
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