Contributions of the Judeo-Christian Jurisprudence of War to International Humanitarian Law
The concept of humanitarian law is rooted in many religious cultures, chief among which is the Judeo-Christian. Therefore, this paper focuses on the contributions of the Judeo-Christian Jurisprudence of war to International Humanitarian Law, and discovers that contemporary International Humanitarian Law owes most of its development to the influence of that jurisprudence, as embodied in …