The general framework
Lawful combatancy
Prohibited weapons
Lawful targets of attack
Protection from attack of civilians and civilian objects
Measures of special protection from attack
Protection of the environment
Specific methods of warfare
War crimes, orders, command responsibility and defences

Focusing on recent issues arising in the course of hostilities between States, it explores the dividing line between lawful and unlawful combatants, the meaning of war crimes and command responsibility, the range of prohibited weapons, the distinction between combatants and civilians, the parameters of targeting and proportionality, the loss of protection from attack (including 'direct participation in hostilities') and special protection (granted, pre-eminently, to the environment and to cultural property)