{"id":1786,"date":"2008-06-01T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2008-06-01T13:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/site\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2010-09-26T08:54:55","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T12:54:55","slug":"issue_49-2_brilmayer-chepiga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/2008\/06\/issue_49-2_brilmayer-chepiga\/","title":{"rendered":"Ownership or Use? Civilian Property Interests in International Humanitarian Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Abstract<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This  article argues that if and when recovery is possible for civilian  property illegally destroyed during war\u2014and there are reasons to believe  that it is becoming an ever more realistic possibility\u2014then damages  should reflect not just the replacement value or market value of the  items destroyed, but rather the humanitarian value, or what we refer to  as the \u201ccivilian use\u201d value. Food, medicine, and clothing should be  compensated at higher levels, and according to a different calculus,  than jewelry, radios, or sports equipment even though these items may  cost the same to replace. For, particularly with respect to large  infrastructure like grain warehouses or hospitals, international  humanitarian law privileges \u201cusers\u201d over and above \u201cowners.\u201d This  article first explains the justifications for implementing a \u201ccivilian  use\u201d approach to damages, and then sketches a rough model of how an  international court or tribunal might implement the approach.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article argues that if and when recovery is possible for civilian property illegally destroyed during war\u2014and there are reasons to believe that it is becoming an ever more realistic possibility\u2014then damages should reflect not just the replacement value or market value of the items destroyed, but rather the humanitarian value, or what we refer to as the \u201ccivilian use\u201d 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