Ammon News - Cambridge University Press has published a new book by Dr. Shahd Hammouri entitled Corporate War Profiteering and International Law. The book addresses one of the increasingly significant issues in contemporary international law: the relationship between armed conflict and corporate economic interests, and the extent to which international law is equipped to address the phenomenon of profit-making from war.

The book offers a critical examination of the role of corporations in modern warfare. Moving beyond traditional approaches that focus primarily on states, militaries, and armed groups, it turns attention to economic actors and corporations that may be directly or indirectly connected to war economies, supply chains, technology, and the defence industry.

It explores how war can become a space for generating economic gains and examines the capacity of the existing international legal system to hold corporations and other economic actors accountable when they benefit from armed conflict.

The study draws on a number of contemporary conflicts and international crises, including Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in order to analyse the complex relationship between economic power, war, and law.

The book also challenges several traditional assumptions in international law, particularly the distinction between the public and private spheres, as well as the conventional focus on the responsibility of individuals and states in contrast to the growing role of corporations in contemporary conflicts.

The publication forms part of Dr. Hammouri’s broader research agenda in international law, legal theory, and the political economy of war. She is a lecturer in international law and legal theory at the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. She holds a PhD in International Law from the University of Manchester, a master’s degree in Economic Law from Sciences Po Paris, and a bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Jordan.

Dr. Hammouri has also worked on a range of international legal and research matters and has contributed to international law discussions before international institutions and bodies. In addition, she has undertaken research and advisory work with international academic and human rights organisations.

Corporate War Profiteering and International Law contributes to the growing global debate on corporate responsibility during armed conflict and the limitations of traditional legal frameworks in addressing war economies. The book is particularly timely as technology, global supply chains, defence industries, and transnational corporations play an increasingly significant role in the conduct and political economy of contemporary warfare.

The book is intended for researchers, academics, and specialists in international law, war economies, human rights, and legal theory, as well as readers interested in the relationship between business and armed conflict.