The year was 1945. Hundreds of thousands of Allied troops poured into war-torn Japan and spread throughout the country. The effect of this influx on the local p

Explores the use of armed force in occupied territory under different international law branches.

This monograph analyses the historical evolution of the laws of occupation as a special branch of international humanitarian law (IHL), focusing on the extent t

Since the mid-19th century military powers and various writers have tried to define the notion of belligerent occupation and, in particular, the beginning there

The customary law of belligerent occupation goes back to the Hague and Geneva Conventions. Recent instances of such occupation include Iraq, the former Yugoslav