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The Legality of Modern Forms of Aerial Warfare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. H. N. Johnson
D. H. N. Johnson*
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University of London
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Everyone here will realise that I have to treat a vast subject in a short period of time, and those who are already familiar with it will be aware that I shall have to make a number of assertions, each of which really deserves separate treatment in its own right. I shall arrange the lecture as follows. I shall begin by clarifying the basic assumptions on which I intend to proceed. Next, I shall look at the state of the laws of aerial warfare at the end of the Second World War. Finally, I shall make a few observations on the present state of the law. As time is limited I shall devote more attention to the principles according to which, in my view, this subject should be broached than to detailed rules.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 72 , Issue 692 , August 1968 , pp. 685 - 692
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1968 

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