Legal Control of the Private Military Corporation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Benedict Sheehy, Jackson Maogoto, Virginia Newell

   Pages 1-10

3. Private Military Companies: The New Face of War

   • Benedict Sheehy, Jackson Maogoto, Virginia Newell

   Pages 11-32

4. The Corporate Form and the Private Military Corporation

   • Benedict Sheehy, Jackson Maogoto, Virginia Newell

   Pages 33-65

5. The State, Control of Violence, and the Private Military Corporation

   • Benedict Sheehy, Jackson Maogoto, Virginia Newell

   Pages 66-109

6. National Regulation of Private Military Companies

   • Benedict Sheehy, Jackson Maogoto, Virginia Newell

   Pages 110-142

7. Private Military Firms under International Law

   • Benedict Sheehy, Jackson Maogoto, Virginia Newell

   Pages 143-172

8. Conclusion Taming the Wild Dogs

   • Benedict Sheehy, Jackson Maogoto, Virginia Newell

   Pages 173-176

9. Back Matter

   Pages 177-252

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Private military organizations are a new and important feature of the international landscape. They offer control of potential massive violence to the highest bidder with very limited accountability. This book offers critical insights into both the phenomenon and the challenges of and potential for regulation.

• international law
• law
• organization
• Private Military Companies
• violence

• RMIT University, Australia

  Benedict Sheehy

• University of Manchester, UK

  Jackson Maogoto

BENEDICT SHEEHY is Senior Lecturer at RMIT University, Australia. He practiced law in Canada and has taught in tertiary institutions in Canada, Mexico and Australia. His main areas of interest are corporate and commercial law, corporate governance, jurisprudence, globalization, and law and economics.

JACKSON MAOGOTO is Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His main areas of interest include jurisprudence, international law and counter-terrorism. He is the author of three previous books and over three dozen refereed articles in American, Australian and European journals. He is a member of several international professional associations.

VIRGINIA NEWELL is a public lawyer who has most recently taught administrative and constitutional law at the University of Newcastle, Australia and worked for the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva.
 

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