Introduction / Christine Bakker and Mirko Sossai
Regulatory initiatives at the international level / Nigel D. White
The regulatory context of private military and security contractors at the EU level / Guido den Dekker
The European Union and private military and security contractors : existing controls and legal bases for further regulation / Marco Gestri
The role of EU external relations in ensuring compliance with human rights and humanitarian law by private contractors / Mirko Sossai and Christine Bakker
A comparative overview of European and extra-European national regulation of private military and security services / Ottavio Quirico
The Baltic States / Ieva Miluna
Belgium / Axelle Reiter
Czech Republic / Petra Ochmannova
France / Vanessa Capdevielle and Hamza Cherief
Germany / Ralf Evertz
Italy / Andrea Atteritano
The Netherlands / Guido den Dekker
Spain / Joana Abrisketa
Sweden / Andreas Bergman
The United Kingdom / Alexandra Bohm, Kerry Senior and Adam White
United States : law and policy governing private military contractors after 9/11 / Kristine Huskey and Scott Sullivan
Canada : beyond the law? : the regulation of private military and security companies operating abroad / David Antonyshyn, Jan Grofe and Don Hubert
Colombia : regulating private military and security companies in a "host state" / Irene Cabrera and Antoine Perret
Israel : going private : the use and regulation of private military and security companies in situations of armed conflict / Yaël Ronen
Russian Federation : regulatory tools regarding private entities performing military and security services / Signe Zaharova
South Africa : the regulatory context of private military and security services / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi
Australia : regulating private military and security companies / Tim McCormack and Rain Liivoja
Jurisdictional competence and applicable criminal law with regard to private military and security companies / Ieva Miluna
Military criminal justice and jurisdiction over civilians : the first lessons from Strasbourg / Stefano Manacorda and Triestino Mariniello
The regulation of private military and security companies : tax aspects / Giuseppe Melis and Alessio Persiani.