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Command Authority over Contractors Serving With or Accompanying the Force
Command Authority over Contractors Serving With or Accompanying the Force1 Kirchmaier, Charles T. The Army Lawyer (Dec 2009): 35-41. Abstract (summary) Following the now infamous September 2007 Nisoor Square shooting incident… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Risk and the fabrication of apolitical, unaccountable military markets: the case of the CIA ‘Killing Program’
Risk and the fabrication of apolitical, unaccountable military markets: the case of the CIA ‘Killing Program’ LEANDER, ANNA. Review of International Studies37.5 (Dec 2011): 2253-2268. Abstract This article argues that risk… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Occupation for Hire: Private Military Companies and their Role in Iraq
Occupation for Hire: Private Military Companies and their Role in Iraq Simons, David. RUSI Journal149.3 (Jun 2004): 68-71. Abstract (summary) Simons examines the role of private military companies and private security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Joery Matthys. Private Security Companies and Private Military Companies: A Comparative and Economical Analysis
Author(s): Martijn Mos Source: Journal of International and Global Studies. 2.1 (Nov. 2010): p149. Document Type: Book review Full Text: Joery Matthys. Private Security Companies and Private Military Companies: A Comparative… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Military Companies: The New Condottieri
Private Military Companies: The New Condottieri Fulloon, Mark. Social Alternatives32.1 (2013): 49-52. Abstract (summary) This article examines the current role of Private Military Companies (PMCs) which have a growing profile in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The British East India Company 1600-1858: A model of transition management for the modern global corporation
The British East India Company 1600-1858: A model of transition management for the modern global corporation Roukis, George S. The Journal of Management Development23.10 (2004): 938-948. Abstract (summary) This paper focuses… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Overseas Trade and the Decline of Privateering
Overseas Trade and the Decline of Privateering Hillmann, Henning; Gathmann, Christina. The Journal of Economic History71.3 (Sep 2011): 730-761. Abstract (summary) Using a novel data set on 2,483 British privateering cruises,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
LLMITATIONS OF THE CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING FRAMEWORK: FINDING EFFECTIVE WAYS TO POLICE FOREIGN SUBCONTRACTORS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
LLMITATIONS OF THE CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING FRAMEWORK: FINDING EFFECTIVE WAYS TO POLICE FOREIGN SUBCONTRACTORS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN TyIer, Carissa N. Public Contract Law Journal41.2 (Winter 2012): 453-472. Abstract (summary) According to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The State’s Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property
The State’s Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property/Comment Grechenig, Kristoffel; Kolmar, Martin; Muehlheusser, Gerd. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics170.1 (Mar 2014): 5-26. The modern state has monopolized the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The applicability of the concept of mercenary on military and security international companies under the rules of international law
The applicability of the concept of mercenary on military and security international companies under the rules of international law Author(s): Ayman Abdel bari Abuel-Haj and Ali Ahmad AL- Zu ‘bi Source:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
