iajlIAJLIAJL2709-9490https://doi.org/10.47310/iajl.2021.v02i02.007Positive Law and Natural Law in Military JurisprudenceJatinKalonThe concept of war is as old as the humankind itself. It is fought for a multitude of reasons ranging from security to survival and whatever lies in between. For the purpose of clarity and appreciating the amplitude of the term ‘war’, one needs to understand the depth and heights of all the aspects that revolve around it, be it the strategy that goes in for its preparation and the aftermath that follows post its execution. War is not an armed conflict that happens between two rival gangs on a street as it is way more than that, because it involves various actors on a large scale. Multiple reasons have been highlighted and discussed by various school of thoughts as to what actually is at the heart of the idea as to why humans go to war. A decision, to resort to violence which sees right past humans’ life. Economic causes of war are considered to be, inter alia access to distant markets and scarce resources, imperialism, concerns about the impact of economic interdependence and population growth [1]. Sociological justifications include functionalism and conflict theory as few of the reasons [2]. Some feminists observe that a gender gap in the participation on discourse related to war from its inception, is one of the reasons as to what pretty much causes a war [3], because patriarchy manufactures “tough men and tender women” which ultimately paves the way for men being “militarists and perpetrators” and women being “pacifists and victims” [4]. Psychoanalysts go a little ‘deeper’ and try to persuade us that the savage in all of us lurks not far below the skin [5].