ATY, Mourad2022-12-202022-12-202012https://dspace.univ-annaba.dz//handle/123456789/942This dissertation examined the phenomenon of American Private Military Companies and their unprecedented growth in the era of War on Terror, an era that shaped the dynamism of the private military market. Western governments are increasingly relying on the private sector to undertake what used to be inherently governmental. The sensitive nature of these functions did not push officials to provide enough regulatory options and practice more oversight on the booming business. This dissertation also dissected the conventional military normative trends and juxtaposed them to the practices perpetrated by private contractors. By doing so the accordance to those trends was tested and analyzed. In the light of the aforementioned steps, the analysis of every possible legislation and regulation was so crucial; laws at both local and international levels were tested and consequently judged whether they were efficient as regulatory modes or not.enThesis