Regulating private military companies : conflicts of law, history, and governance / Katerina Galai.
2019
KZ6418.5 .G35 2019 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
Regulating private military companies : conflicts of law, history, and governance / Katerina Galai.
Imprint
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Description
vii, 210 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Private military companies, a contemporary problem?
Private forces in different forms of governance : historical typologies
Mercenaries of the twentieth century and state responsibility
New wars, neoliberalism, and the rise of PMCs
Legal mechanisms and challenges in invoking individual and state responsibility for PMCs
The role of international regulation and the growing power and legitimacy of companies
Limitations and opportunities arising from the corporate status of PMCs : domestic and transnational procedure for invoking corporate responsibility
Exploring the mechanisms of international criminal law to develop corporate accountability for PMCs.
Private forces in different forms of governance : historical typologies
Mercenaries of the twentieth century and state responsibility
New wars, neoliberalism, and the rise of PMCs
Legal mechanisms and challenges in invoking individual and state responsibility for PMCs
The role of international regulation and the growing power and legitimacy of companies
Limitations and opportunities arising from the corporate status of PMCs : domestic and transnational procedure for invoking corporate responsibility
Exploring the mechanisms of international criminal law to develop corporate accountability for PMCs.
Summary
This work examines the ability of existing and evolving PMC regulation to adequately control private force, and it challenges the capacity of international law to deliver accountability in the event of private military company (PMC) misconduct. From medieval to early modern history, private soldiers dominated the military realm and were fundamental to the waging of wars until the rise of a national citizen army. Today, PMCs are again a significant force, performing various security, logistics, and strategy functions across the world. Unlike mercenaries or any other form of irregular force, PMCs acquired a corporate legal personality, a legitimising status that alters the governance model of today. Drawing on historical examples of different forms of governance, the relationship between neoliberal states and private military companies is conceptualised here as a form of a 'shared governance'. It reflects states' reliance on PMCs relinquishing a degree of their power and transferring certain functions to the private sector. As non-state actors grow in authority, wielding power, and making claims to legitimacy through self-regulation, other sources of law also become imaginable and relevant to enact regulation and invoke responsibility.
Note
This work examines the ability of existing and evolving PMC regulation to adequately control private force, and it challenges the capacity of international law to deliver accountability in the event of private military company (PMC) misconduct. From medieval to early modern history, private soldiers dominated the military realm and were fundamental to the waging of wars until the rise of a national citizen army. Today, PMCs are again a significant force, performing various security, logistics, and strategy functions across the world. Unlike mercenaries or any other form of irregular force, PMCs acquired a corporate legal personality, a legitimising status that alters the governance model of today. Drawing on historical examples of different forms of governance, the relationship between neoliberal states and private military companies is conceptualised here as a form of a 'shared governance'. It reflects states' reliance on PMCs relinquishing a degree of their power and transferring certain functions to the private sector. As non-state actors grow in authority, wielding power, and making claims to legitimacy through self-regulation, other sources of law also become imaginable and relevant to enact regulation and invoke responsibility.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Galai, Katerina, author. Regulating private military companies Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
Call Number
KZ6418.5 .G35 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9781138610057 (hardback)
9780429465888 (ebook)
1138610054
9780429879968 (ePub ebook)
9780429879975 (PDF ebook)
9780429879951 (Mobipocket ebook)
9780429465888 (ebook)
1138610054
9780429879968 (ePub ebook)
9780429879975 (PDF ebook)
9780429879951 (Mobipocket ebook)
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