Terry Gill is Professor of Military Law at the University of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Defence Academy. Previously, he was first Assistant and later Associate Professor of Public International Law at Utrecht University from 1985-2012, where he received his doctorate (cum laude) in 1989. He was a member of the expert group convened by the ICRC to provide guidelines on the notion of direct participation in hostilities and of the expert group which prepared the Tallinn Manual on Cyber Warfare. He is a member of the Advisory Council on Matters of Public International Law to the Dutch Government and Parliament and Editor in Chief of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law.Dieter Fleck served as legal advisor in the Bundeswehr, the German Ministry of Defence and the Federal Chancellor's Office. He was a member of several expert groups convened by the ICRC and ended his active service as Director International Agreements & Policy of the Ministry of Defence. He is Honorary President, International Society for Military Law and the Law of War; Member of the Advisory Board of the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL); and Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation and Contemporary International Law.

Certainly, the breadth and depth of the perspectives the book provides on the military and the law will be a revelation to many of those conducting research - and forming opinions - on this and related topics. International lawyers, academics, policy makers and general readers as well, will find this book of immense value.

• GENERAL ISSUES; MILITARY OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE UN COLLECTIVE SECURITY SYSTEM; MILITARY OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENCE AND OTHER POSSIBLE LEGAL BASES FOR THE USE OF FORCE; CAPITA SELECTA OF INTERNATIONAL MILITARY OPERATIONAL LAW; SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSION

Terry Gill is Professor of Military Law at the University of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Defence Academy. Previously, he was first Assistant and later Associate Professor of Public International Law at Utrecht University from 1985-2012, where he received his doctorate (cum laude) in 1989. He was a member of the expert group convened by the ICRC to provide guidelines on the notion of direct participation in hostilities and of the expert group which prepared the Tallinn Manual on Cyber Warfare. He is a member of the Advisory Council on Matters of Public International Law to the Dutch Government and Parliament and Editor in Chief of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law.Dieter Fleck served as legal advisor in the Bundeswehr, the German Ministry of Defence and the Federal Chancellor's Office. He was a member of several expert groups convened by the ICRC and ended his active service as Director International Agreements & Policy of the Ministry of Defence. He is Honorary President, International Society for Military Law and the Law of War; Member of the Advisory Board of the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL); and Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation and Contemporary International Law.

Certainly, the breadth and depth of the perspectives the book provides on the military and the law will be a revelation to many of those conducting research - and forming opinions - on this and related topics. International lawyers, academics, policy makers and general readers as well, will find this book of immense value.

• GENERAL ISSUES; MILITARY OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE UN COLLECTIVE SECURITY SYSTEM; MILITARY OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENCE AND OTHER POSSIBLE LEGAL BASES FOR THE USE OF FORCE; CAPITA SELECTA OF INTERNATIONAL MILITARY OPERATIONAL LAW; SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSION

Terry Gill is Professor of Military Law at the University of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Defence Academy. Previously, he was first Assistant and later Associate Professor of Public International Law at Utrecht University from 1985-2012, where he received his doctorate (cum laude) in 1989. He was a member of the expert group convened by the ICRC to provide guidelines on the notion of direct participation in hostilities and of the expert group which prepared the Tallinn Manual on Cyber Warfare. He is a member of the Advisory Council on Matters of Public International Law to the Dutch Government and Parliament and Editor in Chief of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law.Dieter Fleck served as legal advisor in the Bundeswehr, the German Ministry of Defence and the Federal Chancellor's Office. He was a member of several expert groups convened by the ICRC and ended his active service as Director International Agreements & Policy of the Ministry of Defence. He is Honorary President, International Society for Military Law and the Law of War; Member of the Advisory Board of the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL); and Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation and Contemporary International Law.

Certainly, the breadth and depth of the perspectives the book provides on the military and the law will be a revelation to many of those conducting research - and forming opinions - on this and related topics. International lawyers, academics, policy makers and general readers as well, will find this book of immense value.

• GENERAL ISSUES; MILITARY OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE UN COLLECTIVE SECURITY SYSTEM; MILITARY OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENCE AND OTHER POSSIBLE LEGAL BASES FOR THE USE OF FORCE; CAPITA SELECTA OF INTERNATIONAL MILITARY OPERATIONAL LAW; SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSION