Terrorism and the Right to Resist - A Theory of Just Revolutionary War

A systematic account of the right to resist oppression and of the forms of armed force it can justify.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I. Theory and Principles: 2. Justice, oppression and the right to resist; 3. Rights worth killing for; 4. The codes of resistance; 5. Rights worth dying for: distributing the costs of resistance; Part II. Wars of Liberation: Fighting within the Standard JIB: 6. Non-state groups and the authority to wage war; 7. Guerrilla war, discrimination and the problem of lawful irregulars; Part III. Fighting beyond the Law of War: 8. The partisan jus in bello: resistance beyond the laws of war; 9. Terrorist war; 10. Back to the start: the ethics of beginning; Conclusions.

About the author

Christopher J. Finlay is Reader in Political Theory in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. He previously taught history at Trinity College Dublin and political philosophy at University College Dublin.

Summary

This book provides a systematic account of the right to resist oppression and of the forms of violence it can justify. Christopher J. Finlay specifies the conditions rebels must meet to claim recognition as legitimate actors in revolutionary conflicts against domestic tyranny and injustice, and wars of liberation against wrongful foreign occupation.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Finlay, Christopher J Finlay, Christopher J. Finlay, Christopher J. (University of Birmingham) Finlay, Finlay Christopher J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2015
• EAN: 9781107040939
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04093-9
• No. of pages: 354
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, International Relations, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Terrorism, armed struggle, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Armed Conflict