General Article ‘Almost divine power’: the lawyers who sign off who lives and who dies in modern war zones

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‘Almost divine power’: the lawyers who sign off who lives and who dies in modern war zones

Craig Jones, Newcastle University

When we think of war, we might think of soldiers on the front line – or those pulling the trigger – as the ones responsib...

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