The book is erudite and well populated with case studies (both judicial and political) and has copious footnotes and a good index.
Chris O'Meara is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter. Before that, he was a Fellow in Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research interests lie in the field of public international law, with a particular focus on the legal regulation of armed conflict. Chris holds a PhD in International Law and an LLM in International Law from University College London, as well as an LLB in Law and European Law from the University of
Nottingham. He has been a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School and Leiden Law School, and previously practised as a lawyer at Linklaters and Latham & Watkins.