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Author:   Simon Chesterman (Global Professor and Director of the New York University School of Law Singapore Programme, and an Associate Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore) ,  Chia Lehnardt (Research Fellow at Humboldt University, Berlin)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.491kg
ISBN:  

9780199563890

ISBN 10:   0199563896
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   29 January 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword  James Jonah Introduction  Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt I Concerns 1. Morality and regulation  Sarah Percy 2. What should and what should not be regulated?  Kevin O'Brian 3. Regulating the role of private military companies in shaping security and politics  Anna Leander II Challenges 4. Weak governments in search of strength: Africa's experience of mercenaries and private military companies  Angela McIntyre and Taya Weiss 5. A government in search of cover: Private military companies in Iraq  David Isenberg 6. Transitional states in search of support: Private miliary companies and security sector reform  Elke Krahmann III Norms 7. Private military companies under international humanitarian law  Louise Doswald-Beck 8. Private military companies and state responsibility  Chia Lehnardt 9. Domestic regulation: licensing regimes for the export of military goods and services  Marina Caparini IV Markets 10. The emerging market for private military services and the problems of regulation  Deborah Avant 11. Make or buy? Principal-agent theory and the regulation of private military companies  James Cockayne 12. Contract as a tool for regulating private military companies  Laura A Dickinson 13. The future of the market  Andrew Bearpark and Sabrina Schulz 14. Conclusion: From mercenaries to market  Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt Bibliography Index

Reviews

This book could not be better timed, given the subject, regulation of PMCs, and it makes a significant contribution to the academic literature on PMCs. Journal of Modern African Studies The 15 chapters of the book present the complexity of the underlying issues well and offer a good overview into the normative contradictions...the expressly pragmatic approcah chosen by the editors is to be commended for its realism and search for relevance. Furthermore, the book's careful editing, its compact but helpful references, and the thorough index are laudable Ebrahim Afsah, Max Planck Institute for International Law, Heidelberg For anyone interested in the role of Private Military Companied (PMCs) and the problems they raise in today's international environment, this book must find a place on their library shelf. The International Spectator This is an impressive work, which advances both the research and policy agendas in its field...Drawing together contributions from across a range of disciplines and backgrounds, this volume encompasses a wide spectrum of opinions towards PMCs. Its thoughtful structure and insightful contributions also betray the significant foundation work upon which it is premised. British Journal of Criminology

For anyone interested in the role of Private Military Companied (PMCs) and the problems they raise in today's international environment, this book must find a place on their library shelf. The International Spectator This is an impressive work, which advances both the research and policy agendas in its field...Drawing together contributions from across a range of disciplines and backgrounds, this volume encompasses a wide spectrum of opinions towards PMCs. Its thoughtful structure and insightful contributions also betray the significant foundation work upon which it is premised. British Journal of Criminology

Author Information

Simon Chesterman is Global Professor and Director of the New York University School of Law Singapore Programme, and an Associate Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore. His books include You, The People: The United Nations, Transitional Administration, and State-Building (Oxford University Press, 2004) and Just War or Just Peace? Humanitarian Intervention and International Law (Oxford University Press, 2001). Chia Lehnardt is a research fellow at Humbolt University in Berlin. From 2005-2006 she was responsible for the research project on private military companies at the Institute for International Law and Justice (IILJ), New York University School of Law. Educated in Berlin, Oxford, Florence, and New York, she has previously worked as a consultant to the IILJ, at the German Federal Parliament, and with a law firm specializing in public law.

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