Legal Control of the Private Military Corporation: Belling the Cheshire Cat

by Sean Cahill PH.D., Anthony Lemelle, Virginia Newell

Overview

Private military organizations are a new and important feature of the international landscape. They offer control of potential massive violence to the highest bidder with very limited accountability. This book offers critical insights into both the phenomenon and the challenges of and potential for regulation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230522312
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/11/2008
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

JACKSON MAOGOTO is Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle, Australia.

BENEDICT SHEEHY is Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle, Australia.

Table of Contents

Private Military Firms – The New Face of War The Corporate Form and the Private Military Firm The State and the Private Security Firm in the Domestic Context The Regulation of Private Military Companies Private Military Firms under International Law