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Parent topics

• International law [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• Jus ad bellum [r]: Ethical principles, international law, and national authority that covers the justice of starting wars ^[e]
• Jus in bello [r]: In just war theory, the principles and laws that apply once war has commenced ^[e]
• Jus post bellum [r]: The means, under just war theory, by which the war is concluded and the peace restored ^[e]
• Laws of Land Warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Military law [r]: Statutes, codes, and common traditions relating to and executed by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel. ^[e]
• Military necessity [r]: In U.S. and NATO usage, the position that a belligerent has the right to apply any measures which are required to bring about the successful conclusion of a military operation and which are not forbidden by the laws of war. ^[e]
• Military sociology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• War crime [r]: Acts that violate the laws of war as they applied in the time and place of commission, or that were deemed violations of law, possibly ex post facto, as determined by a competent tribunal ^[e]

Other related topics

• Augustine of Hippo [r]: (November 13 354–August 28 430) Bishop and Doctor of the Church. ^[e]
• Thomas Aquinas [r]: (1225–1274) Catholic theologian and philosopher, author of Summa Theologica, a bedrock of Catholic thought and teaching. ^[e]
• Geneva Conventions [r]: For international law, the principal group of treaties addressing humanitarian aspects of war ^[e]
• Hostages Case (NMT) [r]: A trial of senior Nazi Army officers for war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war in Yugoslavia and Greece ^[e]