"Reader's guide" [2019] ELECD 593; in Sassoli, Marco (ed), "International Humanitarian Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) xxvii

Book Title: International Humanitarian Law

Editor(s): Sassòli, Marco

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Reader's guide

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

READER'S GUIDE




This book has been primarily written for law students willing to familiarize
themselves with IHL. However, it may also be used for the same purpose by
military, civilian and humanitarian practitioners. It also allows those who al-
ready master IHL to obtain a summary of the debates surrounding certain is-
sues through its detailed table of contents, index and numerous cross-references.

For learning purposes, most chapters, sub-chapters and sub-sections are pre-
ceded by a bolded overview of key concepts. Each chapter as well as the sub-
chapters of Chapters 8 to 10 are meant to be self-contained, that is, they may be
understood without studying the other chapters. Teachers may therefore assign
only certain chapters for their students to study, preferably combined with the
bold introductions of the other chapters.

This book is meant to be used in conjunction with the ICRC's Online Case-
book entitled How Does Law Protect in War? (Online Casebook), which is ac-
cessible for free at the ICRC's website (https://casebook.icrc.org), that I co-
authored. Therefore:

1. This book does not contain bibliographies on every subject dealt with. Such
bibliographical references can be found in the Online Casebook in a sys-
tematic way under `The Law' and in the index `A-Z'. A general bibliography
on IHL may also be found there (https://casebook.icrc.org/glossary/gen-
eral-sources-ihl). The bibliographical references of the Online Casebook
are currently in the process of ...