Summary/Abstract: Articles from the magazine Warrior indicate that Serbian legal and military public has shown an early interest in wartime law and its codification.Interestingly, the generals from different armies, as harsh realists, have presented nearly identical complaints in the international law of war. It must,however, be emphasized that von Moltke did it in a more diplomatic manner while Dragomirov brutally challenged the introduction of the laws of war. The main objection of soldiers is still true today: What force would make armed forces (the state) comply with the norms of the military law? Even in the present state of existence of supranational organizations such as the UN, it is difficult to achieve this in practice. However, comparing the absence of any international laws of war and the existing norms that sometimes are respected and sometimes are not, it seems to us that still much progress has been made establishing the law and proclaiming its obligation. The articles of Prof. Geršićare considered to be the initial steps taken in Serbia.
