1st Edition
Regulating Private Military Companies Conflicts of Law, History and Governance
By Katerina Galai
Copyright 2019
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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This work examines the ability of existing and evolving PMC regulation to adequately control private force, and it challenges the capacity of international law to deliver accountability in the event of private military company (PMC) misconduct. From medieval to early modern history, private soldiers dominated the military realm and were fundamental to the waging of wars until the rise of a... Read more
Table of ContentsIntroduction IntroductionConceptual frameworkPower and LegitimacyIdentifying forms of governanceChapter OutlineChapter 1: Private Military Companies, a contemporary problem?Mercenaries, Contractors, CiviliansDefinition of Private Military CompaniesChallenges of the DefinitionsPMC ClassificationRegulation and accountability: who should be regulated and to what end?RegulationThe Purpose of RegulationAccountabilityConclusionChapter 2: Private forces in different forms of governance: historical typologiesFeudalism and AbsolutismProfessional ArmiesItalian City-Republics and Civilian MilitiaCivilian Militia as a Norm Against MercenariesThe French Revolution and the Nation-StateLa Levée en MasseThe British Empire and the EICThe EIC and its Accession to PowerThe Army of the EICWas the Army of the EIC Private or Public?Normative Approaches to MercenariesConclusionChapter 3: Mercenaries of the Twentieth Century and State ResponsibilityThe Rise of International Legal NormsNon-Intervention as an International Legal NormDecolonisation and Proxy WarfareDecline of Non-InterventionismMercenary Forces in the Congo and AngolaInternational Legal Response to the Use of Irregular ForcesAnti-Mercenary NormsThe Nicaragua CaseConclusionChapter 4: New Wars, Neoliberalism, and the Rise of PMCsNew Wars and the Rise of PMCsNeoliberalismAccountability and State ControlGovernance and GovernmentalityConclusionChapter 5: Legal mechanisms and ch
Biography
Katerina Galai is a defence and security analyst at RAND Europe, a non-for-profit research institute, based in Cambridge, UK.
