General military review

THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR GROUND FORCES

EDITORIAL

FOREWORD

DOCTRINE

• The commander's indispensable freedom of action
• The statutory recognition of service members involved in overseas operations
• The legal framework of overseas operations
• The protection of service members during operations abroad
• Is there a law of warfare ?
• The rules of engagement in ten questions
• The indispensable cooperation between the military authority and the military police in criminal matters

FOREIGN STUDIES

• Overseas operations of the Bundeswehr
• The public security gap in modern peacekeeping missions
• The laws of land warfare and non-conventional war
• The legal protection of deployed spanish soldiers
• Stabilization and rebuilding operations

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

• Does the end justify the means ?
• The military commander and war crimes
• The legal framework of the european union military operations
• The law in occupied territories

LESSONS LEARNED

• Operation ARTEMIS : "to provide the commander with the necessary legal framework to carry out his mission"
• The legal environment of land forces in the Republic of the Ivory Coast
• The meanders of the international criminal justice