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Legitimate Targets
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Author : Janina Dill
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015
Legitimate Targets written by Janina Dill and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
Can international law regulate warfare? Experiences of US bombing suggests it does not solve the twenty-first-century belligerent's legitimacy dilemma.
Legitimate Target
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Author : Amos Guiora
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-06
Legitimate Target written by Amos Guiora and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-06 with Law categories.
Targeted killings represent both the contemporary weapon of choice and, clearly, the weapon of the future. From the perspective of the nation-state, the benefits of targeted killing are clear: aggressive measures against identified targets can be carried out with minimal, if any, risk to soldiers. But while the threat to soldiers is minimal, there are other risks that must be considered. Particularly, there is a high possibility of collateral damage as well as legitimate concerns regarding how a target is defined. Clearly broad legal, moral, and operational issues are at stake when considering targeted killing. In Legitimate Target, A Criteria Based Approach to Targeted Killing, Amos Guiora proposes that targeted killing decisions must reflect consideration of four distinct elements: law, policy, morality, and operational details, thus ensuring that it complies with principles of domestic and international laws. The author, writing from both personal experience and an academic perspective, offers important criticism and insight into the policy as presently implemented, highlighting the need for a criteria based decision making process in defining and identifying a legitimate target. Legitimate Target, A Criteria-Based Approach to Targeted Killing blends concrete examples with a nuanced study of the current targeted killing paradigm with an emphasis on the dilemmas of morality and the law.
Legitimate Target
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Author : Amos N. Guiora
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Legitimate Target written by Amos N. Guiora and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Targeted killing categories.
In 'Legitimate Target: a Criteria-Based Approach to Targeted Killing', Amos Guiora proposes that targeted killing decisions must reflect consideration of four distinct elements: law policy, morality, and operational details, thus ensuring that it complies with principles of domestic and international laws.
International Conflict And Security Law
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Author : Richard Burchill
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-06-10
International Conflict And Security Law written by Richard Burchill and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-10 with Law categories.
Hilaire McCoubrey wrote extensively in the area of armed conflict law, and on the issues of collective security law and the law relating to arms control. Although he died at the early age of 46 in 2000 he had contributed significantly to the separate study of these areas, but also to the idea of studying the issues as a whole subject. The collection covers difficult and controversial issues in the area of conflict and security law. The contributors, drawn both from academe and practice, provide expert analysis of many aspects of the law governing armed conflict and collective security. As well as providing a fitting tribute to the main aspects of Hilaire's contribution to knowledge, the volume provides a coherent reconsideration and development of key aspects of conflict and security law at a time when that law is being applied, breached, debated or reformed on almost a daily basis.
Legitimate Targets
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Author : Peter Facer
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2013-03-15
Legitimate Targets written by Peter Facer and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-15 with Fiction categories.
"Village Bobby, Jake Sullivan's life is turned upside-down following the theft of a lethal virus from a local research establishment and the discovery of the mutilated body of a politician's daughter on his quiet village beat in East Anglia. The stolen virus is a deadly mutation of a childhood illness and when it is released around the globe, it creates a pandemic that threatens to wipe-out a third of the infant population. Jake uncovers a web of lies, deceit and violence, that extends all the way to Downing Street and into the heart of the E.U. itself" -- p. [4] of cover.
Targeting Civilians In War
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Author : Alexander B. Downes
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2011-05-15
Targeting Civilians In War written by Alexander B. Downes and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-15 with Political Science categories.
Accidental harm to civilians in warfare often becomes an occasion for public outrage, from citizens of both the victimized and the victimizing nation. In this vitally important book on a topic of acute concern for anyone interested in military strategy, international security, or human rights, Alexander B. Downes reminds readers that democratic and authoritarian governments alike will sometimes deliberately kill large numbers of civilians as a matter of military strategy. What leads governments to make such a choice? Downes examines several historical cases: British counterinsurgency tactics during the Boer War, the starvation blockade used by the Allies against Germany in World War I, Axis and Allied bombing campaigns in World War II, and ethnic cleansing in the Palestine War. He concludes that governments decide to target civilian populations for two main reasons—desperation to reduce their own military casualties or avert defeat, or a desire to seize and annex enemy territory. When a state's military fortunes take a turn for the worse, he finds, civilians are more likely to be declared legitimate targets to coerce the enemy state to give up. When territorial conquest and annexation are the aims of warfare, the population of the disputed land is viewed as a threat and the aggressor state may target those civilians to remove them. Democracies historically have proven especially likely to target civilians in desperate circumstances. In Targeting Civilians in War, Downes explores several major recent conflicts, including the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Civilian casualties occurred in each campaign, but they were not the aim of military action. In these cases, Downes maintains, the achievement of quick and decisive victories against overmatched foes allowed democracies to win without abandoning their normative beliefs by intentionally targeting civilians. Whether such "restraint" can be guaranteed in future conflicts against more powerful adversaries is, however, uncertain. During times of war, democratic societies suffer tension between norms of humane conduct and pressures to win at the lowest possible costs. The painful lesson of Targeting Civilians in War is that when these two concerns clash, the latter usually prevails.
Global Justice And International Affairs
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Author : Thom Brooks
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-11-25
Global Justice And International Affairs written by Thom Brooks and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-25 with Philosophy categories.
Global justice and international affairs is perhaps the hottest topic in political philosophy today. This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area. Topics include sovereignty and self-determination, cosmopolitanism and nationalism, global poverty and international distributive justice, and war and terrorism.
The Vietnam War And International Law Volume 3
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Author : Richard A. Falk
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-08
The Vietnam War And International Law Volume 3 written by Richard A. Falk and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-08 with Law categories.
Issues of the war that have provoked public controversy and legal debate over the last two years—the Cambodian invasion of May-June 1970, the disclosure in November 1969 of the My Lai massacre, and the question of war crimes—are the focus of Volume 3. As in the previous volumes, the Civil War Panel of the American Society of International Law has endeavored to select the most significant legal writing on the subject and to provide, to the extent possible, a balanced presentation of opposing points of view. Parts I and II deal directly with the Cambodian, My Lai, and war crimes debates. Related questions are treated in the rest of the volume: constitutional debate on the war; the distribution of functions among coordinate branches of the government; the legal status of the insurgent regime in the struggle for control of South Vietnam; prospects for settlement without a clear-cut victory; and Vietnam's role in general world order. The articles reflect the views of some forty contributors: among them, Jean Lacouture, Henry Kissinger, John Norton Moore, Quincy Wright, William H. Rhenquist, and Richard A. Falk. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
United States Volunteers In Nicaragua And The Death Of Benjamin Linder
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
United States Volunteers In Nicaragua And The Death Of Benjamin Linder written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Nicaragua categories.
Ender S Game And Philosophy
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Author : D. Wittkower
language : en
Publisher: Open Court
Release Date : 2013-09-17
Ender S Game And Philosophy written by D. Wittkower and has been published by Open Court this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-17 with Philosophy categories.
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card’s award-winning 1985 novel, has been discovered and rediscovered by generations of science fiction fans, even being adopted as reading by the U.S. Marine Corps. Ender's Game and its sequels explore rich themes — the violence and cruelty of children, the role of empathy in war, and the balance of individual dignity and the social good — with compelling elements of a coming-of-age story. Ender’s Game and Philosophy brings together over 30 philosophers to engage in wide-ranging discussion on issues such as: the justifiability of pre-emptive strikes; how Ender’s disconnected and dispassionate violence is mirrored in today’s drone warfare; whether the end of saving the species can justify the most brutal means; the justifiability of lies and deception in wartime, and how military schools produce training in virtue. The authors of Ender’s Game and Philosophy challenge readers to confront the challenges that Ender’s Game presents, bringing new insights to the idea of a just war, the virtues of the soldier, the nature of childhood, and the serious work of playing games.