Targeted killing : a legal and political history / Markus Gunneflo.
2016
KZ6362 .G86 2016 (Mapit)
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Targeted killing : a legal and political history / Markus Gunneflo.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Description
x, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Targeted killing in the history of Israel, the United States and international law
The emergence of targeted killing in the Israeli-Palestinian common entrapment of enmity
The emergence of targeted killing in an American homeland which is the planet
Targeted killing and the struggle over international law's sanctioning of lethal force
The law of targeted killing.
The emergence of targeted killing in the Israeli-Palestinian common entrapment of enmity
The emergence of targeted killing in an American homeland which is the planet
Targeted killing and the struggle over international law's sanctioning of lethal force
The law of targeted killing.
Summary
"Looking beyond the events of the second intifada and 9/11, this book reveals how targeted killing is intimately embedded in both Israeli and US statecraft and in the problematic relationship between sovereign authority and lawful violence underpinning the modern state system. It details the legal and political issues raised in targeted killing as it has emerged in practice, including questions of domestic constitutional authority, the use of force in international law, the law of belligerent occupation, the law of targeting and human rights law. The distinctive nature of Israeli and US targeted killing is analysed in terms of the compulsion of legality characteristic of liberal constitutionalism, a compulsion that demands the ability to distinguish between legal 'targeted killing' and extra-legal 'political assassination'. The effect is a highly legalized framework for the extraterritorial killing of designated terrorists that may significantly affect the international law of force"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-265) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KZ6362 .G86 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781107114852 (hardback)
1107114853 (hardback)
1107114853 (hardback)
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