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October 1, 2026—On the eightieth anniversary of the Nuremberg Tribunal’s judgment of October 1, 1946, JuraLaw International™, the legal imprint of TellerBooks™, and the International Bar Association are proud to announce the co-publication of Law, Ethics, and Armed Conflict: An International Law Reader. The Nuremberg judgment marks one of the most significant moments in the history of international humanitarian law and international criminal law, and this volume is a fitting way to commemorate it. The book examines contemporary challenges to the application of international law in conflicts around the world, including those in Afghanistan, Gaza and the West Bank, Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and Iran.
Law, Ethics, and Armed Conflict
arrives as more than 130 armed conflicts are under way across the globe. In
many theaters of war, parties to conflict deliberately target civilians with
growing frequency. This volume brings together leading voices in international
law—practitioners, scholars, military lawyers who advise commanders on the
battlefield, and humanitarian professionals—who share a commitment to
protecting civilians in armed conflict.
Across eleven chapters, the contributors
confront the most pressing legal and ethical questions of contemporary warfare.
They examine states’ ongoing duty to prevent genocide in conflict and
post-conflict settings, the procedures for trials in absentia, and the forcible
transfer of children during armed conflict. They probe accountability for the
crime of aggression, the emerging legal framework for gray-zone and hybrid
warfare, and the influence of social media on wartime diplomacy. They weigh the
interplay between customary international law and U.S. constitutional law, the
proportionality rule at the heart of the law of targeting, and the role of
universal jurisdiction in strengthening international justice and
accountability. The volume closes with a meditation on human dignity as the
guiding principle of international humanitarian and operational law.
The contributors share a conviction that
international humanitarian law retains its power to mitigate human suffering;
what has too often eroded is the will to apply it. This volume invites readers
to understand that framework more deeply and to defend it more resolutely.
Edited by Frank G. Lumpkin IV, the volume
features contributions from John M. Balouziyeh, Douglas K. Bryson, Federica
D’Alessandra, Professor Darío Dangón Moisés, Dr. Olúfẹ́mi Elias, Dr. Mark
Ellis, Lieutenant Colonel John D. Ford, Baroness Helena Kennedy, Shirley
Magniez-Pouget, M. Braxton Marcela, Sarah McIntosh, Naomi Prodeau, Ambassador
Stephen Rapp, Eleonora Scala, Sara Segneri, and Marissa Kardon Weber.
Dr. Olúfẹ́mi Elias, Member of the United
Nations International Law Commission and of the Institut de Droit
international, and Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice, praised
the book: “This timely volume examines how law can respond to contemporary
threats and shape a just, durable post-conflict order. Its particular strength
lies in the attention it gives to law’s practical role in strengthening
institutions of peace. Addressing the challenges of conflict’s aftermath, it
yields valuable insights for scholars and practitioners alike, while making a
broader case for law—not war—as the foundation of international relations.”
The book is available as an open-access eBook exclusively at: https://www.tellerbooks.com/LawEthicsArmedConflict.
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