1. We have new wrinkles in the laws of war and accountability.

2. Unfortunately, in the heat of battle, the laws of war do not exactly Come to mind.

3. The laws of war may have one other function in the contemporary era - helping to harmonise standards between allies.

4. For the time being, Hamas has survived without dealing with its own vulnerabilities, including its anti-Semitic charter, its disregard for the laws of war, and its propensity for authoritarianism.

5. 45 As Befits a good work of history (rather than philosophy), she concentrates on the questionable origins of the inter-national laws and practices that she rejects – the biased and self-interested motivations involved in their enactment – as well as critically describing the historical figures responsible for modern laws of war