Includes bibliographical references and index.

Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth and the law of war / Theodor Meron -- The legitimation of violence : a critical history of the laws of war / Chris af Jochnick and Roger Normand -- Some questions of international law in the European War / James W. Garner -- The new Geneva conventions for the protection of war victims / Jean S. Pictet -- The chaotic status of the laws of war and the urgent necessity for revision / Josef L. Kunz -- The laws of war / Josef L. Kunz -- Progressive development of the laws of war : a reply to criticisms of the 1977 Geneva Protocol I / George H. Aldrich -- The United States position on the relation of customary international law to the 1977 protocols additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions / Michael J. Matheson -- International humanitarian law : its remarkable development and its persistent violation / Dietrich Schindler -- International humanitarian law in the Twenty-First Century / Yves Sandoz -- Study on customary international humanitarian law : a contribution of the understanding and respect for the rule of law in armed conflict / Jean-Marie Henckaerts -- The humanization of humanitarian law / Theodor Meron -- The Martens Clause : half a loaf or simply pie in the sky? / Antonio Cassese -- The Martens Clause, principles of humanity, and dictates of public conscience / Theodor Meron -- The undertaking to respect and ensure respect in all circumstances : from tiny seed to ripening fruit / Frits Kalshoven -- Lincoln, Lieber and the laws of war : the origins and limits of the principle of military necessity / Burrus M. Carnahan -- The law of war and military necessity / William Gerald Downey, Jr. -- Military necessity and humanitarian imperatives / G.I.A.D. Draper -- The principle of the military objective in the law of armed conflict / Horace B. Robertson, Jr.