During times of armed conflict, whether characterized as international or non-international, International Humanitarian Law (“IHL”) is applicable. As a body of law, IHL does not question the lawfulness of a conflict (jus ad bellum) but seeks instead to apply humanitarian principles in warfare (jus in bello). IHL recognizes that even war has its limits, irrespective of its cause, and strives to ...

Title of Document: MANAGING DISCONTENT: INSTITUTIONS, INTERVENTION AND ETHNIC CONFLICT Bidisha Biswas, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Directed By: Professor Mark Irving Lichbach, Department of Government and Politics Over the last fifteen years, the number of civil conflicts worldwide has declined and negotiated settlements have increased. The spread of democracy and greater international concern a...

with the emergence of new legal regimes such as intellectual property rights, new complexities in the process of determination of applicable law are involved in private international law. the dilution of physical center of gravity for disputes related to intellectual property rights and the effects of utilitarianism in law with an emphasis on public interest has led to the adoption of new metho...

Does nationalism make interstate conflict more likely? Many believe so, arguing that it led to such conflicts as the Spanish-American War, the two World Wars, and Russia’s recent intervention in the Ukraine. However, others contend that strategic constraints greatly limit nationalism’s effects on state behavior. Resolving this debate has proven difficult because of endogeneity and measurement i...

I should like to address the impact of economic development in technically backward countries on economic welfare in the industrialized nations, a topic of great concern to many policy makers. As countries that have been underdeveloped improve their industrial capabilities, they can become significant contributors to the total world economy. From a purely national perspective, however, their in...