Handbook of International Humanitarian Law (Dieter Fleck (ed.) 2nd Ed. Oxford, 2008. 770 р.)

Review on the “Handbook of International Humanitarian Law” (Ed. D. Fleck) contains the comparative analysis of the first and the second edition of the “Handbook”. It highlights the advantages of this treatise and draws attention to some disputable issues. A positive evaluation is given to the transformation of the concept of the “Handbook” from a commented manual for German military to the “modern universal handbook for the military forces”, which has not only a practical importance, but could also be used in the research on different problems of International Humanitarian Law and in the study process.