Arbitrating Armed Conflict: Decisions of the Israel

Arbitrating Armed Conflict: Decisions of the Israel - Lebanon Monitoring Group

Adir Waldman

Price: $75.00 300 pages. 1 Hardcover Volume. Index. Published June 2003.
ISBN-13: 978-1-929446-33-9 / ISBN-10: 1929446330

Arbitrating Armed Conflict
$75.00

Introduction

Chapter 1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

     A. Introduction

     B. The Prelude: Previous Attempts to
          Control the Violence in
          Lebanon and Israeli-Syrian
          Interactions in the Lebanese
          Arena Prior to 1996

     C. The Breakdown of the 1993 Understanding and Operation

          Grapes of Wrath

Chapter 2. THE APRIL AGREEMENT

     A. A Written Agreement to Fight a Limited War

     B. The Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group

     C. The Conflict Under the April Agreement

     D. Testing the Agreement in the Web of International Law

     E. The Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group as a Judicial Institution

          1. Logistics and Procedure

          2. Fostering Adherence to the Legal Convention

Chapter 3. ILMG PUBLIC STATEMENTS:

RECORDING A JURISPRUDENCE

     A. Introduction

     B. Increasing Competency

     C. Understanding the ILMG Through Its Public Statements

     D. Moving from the Internal Report to the Public Statement:

          A Case Study

     E. Establishing Principles and Jurisprudence

          1. Rules of Procedure

          2. Substantive Principles

          3. Jurisprudence on Specific Issues

              a. The Meaning of “Civilian”

              b. The Meaning of “Civilian Populated Area”

              c. Returning Fire Emanating From Civilian

                   Populated Areas

     F. Unprocessable Complaints — Limited Jurisdiction

          and the Effectiveness of the Legal System

Chapter 4. LEGAL REALISM: THE MUTUAL CORRELATION

BETWEEN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THE ILMG PROCEEDINGS

     A. Legal Realism

     B. The Situation After February 2000

Chapter 5. UNDERSTANDING THE APRIL AGREEMENT
IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

     A. Converging on a Legal Arrangement to Avoid War

     B. The Equilibrium Convergence Point: Civilian Immunity

          and the Laws of War

     C. The Role of the ILMG in Preserving the 1996 System

     D. The Lens of the International Legal Scholar

Appendix A. PROTOCOL ON THE WORKING RULES

FOR THE ISRAEL-LEBANON MONITORING GROUP

Appendix B. SAMPLE INTERNAL REPORT OF THE

ISRAEL-LEBANON MONITORING GROUP

Appendix C. PUBLIC STATEMENTS OF THE

ISRAEL-LEBANON MONITORING GROUP

Index