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Informationen zum Autor Alan Craig is the Pears Lecturer in Israel and Middle East Studies, Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. He practiced as a human rights lawyer in London and Leeds for twenty-five years before completing a PhD at Leeds and joining the faculty in 2010. His publications include several journal articles and he is a regular contributor to European TV and radio. Klappentext The politics of security is increasingly concerned with the legitimacy of military operations, demanding a political engagement with law and ethics that is empowering the lawyers through a continuing expansion of their operational and diplomatic role. Through a careful examination of recent Israeli military operations, this book examines the operational involvement of military lawyers to reveal the political content and consequences of their legal choices through their impact on the legitimacy of Israel's security policy. In this ground breaking work, Alan Craig offers an exacting critique of the growing role that military lawyers now play in the conduct of operations by the Israel Defense Forces. Conceptually sophisticated yet empirically grounded, this book is the definitive work for anyone wishing to understand why military lawyers exercise increasingly influence over how the IDF and its political masters have come deal with 'war amongst the people'. This book will be essential reading not only for those interested in how Israel has used legal frameworks in the conduct of its military operations, but more broadly, how contemporary debates over justice and legitimacy shape civil-military relations in democratic societies. -- Clive Jones, University of Durham International Legitimacy and the Politics of Security provides a number of hugely enlightening and important analyses of the rising role of International NGOs in international affairs. It is an illuminating study of the relationship between international law and international legitimacy, and the place of the Traditional Just War Doctrine and its modern critiques in the contemporary political, ethical, and moral debate over Israel. In showing the increasing centrality of lawyers in warfare and the law in war, Craig successfully provides a balanced and scholarly analysis of the implications and consequences of this for Israel's military and political leadership. -- Rory Miller, Kings College London Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart 1: Legitimacy, Morality, and International LawChapter 1: International Law and legitimacy Chapter 2: Morality at War (1): Traditional Just War DoctrineChapter 3: Morality at War (2): Modern critiques of Just War TheoryChapter 4: Advising in the Grey AreaPart 2: The Israeli ExperienceChapter 5: The IDF's legal environmentChapter 6: Case Study 1: The Second Intifada and the targeted killings of Salah ShehadehChapter 7: Case Study 2: The 2006 Lebanon WarChapter 8: Case Study 3: Operation Case LeadChapter 9: Case Study 4: The 2010 Turkish Flotilla- the Mavi Marmara AffairChapter 10: Conclusion and Policy ImplicationsBibliography...
