"... there are major gaps in International Humanitarian Law and Public International Law in the area of humanitarian assistance. In response international organizations such as the UN and the EU are developing their own legal frameworks for humanitarian assistance and the body of customary law and so-called international disaster response law is growing ... The legal reality of international law pertaining to emergency response is rather broadly spread ... This book is one of the first attempts of linking different legal areas in the growing field of what could be called the international law of humanitarian assistance." (Quoted from site)