From ‘savages’ to ‘unlawful combatants’: A postcolonial look at international humanitarian law’s ‘other’

International Law and its Others

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 265-317

  Mégret, Frédéric ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84927018257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511494284.011     Document Type: Chapter

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