Pax Britannica: Tracing Customary War Crimes in the Age of Empire

Samuel C. Duckett White, Ikhwan Fazli (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2025
Martinus Nijhoff (Verlag)
9789004515970 (ISBN)

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Colonial legal frameworks were designed by Europeans, for Europeans. This monograph, utilising State practice, demonstrates the breadth and depth of customary colonial laws of war in the Age of Empire and higlights areas of criminal liability.

The 'original sin' of the laws of war - its exclusion of non-Europeans from its protection - shapes discussions around criminal liability for conduct during colonial expansion. This monograph disproves this position however, utilising State practice across various colonial frontiers that fell to Pax Britannica. In doing so, the groundbreaking research highlights eight clear customary colonial wars that applied to 'the other' across the Empire on Which the Sun Never Set.

Dr Samuel White is the Senior Research Fellow in Peace and Security at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. Ikhwan Fazli holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Adelaide. Hailing from Perak, Malaysia, and previously having studied in Belgium and Singapore, his fields of interest include global history, international humanitarian law and intellectual property. He is a former Student Editor of the Adelaide Law Review.

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Part 1

The ‘Othering’ of International Law

1 The Othering of Non-Western Peoples

2 State/Imperial Practice as the Exception

Part 2

Categories of Colonial Prohibitions or Early War Crimes

3 Prohibition on Summary Executions

4 The Prohibition on Sexual Violence

5 Prohibition on Perfidy

6 Prohibition on Slavery

7 Prohibition on Unnecessary Looting of Cultural Heritage

8 Prohibition on Brigandry

9 Prohibition against the Forced Dispersal or Deportation of Civilians

10 Prohibition on Private Warfare

Conclusion

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	14.05.2025
Reihe/Serie	International Humanitarian Law Series ; 70
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	488 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-13	9789004515970 / 9789004515970
Zustand	Neuware