The Recruitment and use of Mercenaries in Armed Conflicts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9560634 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H C Burmester, Henry Burmester (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-56 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2199702 |
| OpenAlex | W2332106548 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 5 |
Recent events in Angola and Rhodesia have drawn public attention to the problems which arise from the use of mercenaries in armed conflicts and civil wars. Renewed interest in the subject has also been shown by international bodies and conferences, including the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts, which recently adopted a treaty article on the status of mercenaries. This article examines the international legal rules applicable to states in relation to the recruitment and organizing of mercenary forces, the appropriate domestic legislation to give effect to such rules, and the status to be accorded mercenaries for the purposes of the laws of war
Armed conflict · Geneva Conventions · International humanitarian law · International law · Law and economics · Legislation · Political science · Relation (database · Sociology · Subject (documents · Treaty · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Military and Defense Studies
Morality and Political Violence
Privatizing War
Mercenaries
Mercenary commando coup operations
State Practices, International Norms, and the Decline of Mercenarism
The politics of international law
The Legal Status of Mercenaries
Foreign military labour in Europe’s transition to modernity
Britain and the Rhodesian Mercenary Issue, c.1970–1980
The ICJ’s Advisory Jurisdiction and the Crumbling Wall Between the Political and the Judicial
From Mercenary to Citizen Armies
Mercenaries
In Defence of Mercenarism
Fighting beyond borders
The Social Construction of Mercenaries
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.42 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2025 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |