Private Military and Security Companies Pmscs and the Quest for - Accountabilit

List of contents

1. Revisiting the Role of Private Military and Security Companies 2. Private Military and Security Companies and the Liberal Conception of Violence 3. Unaccountable: The Current State of Private Military and Security Companies 4. Accountability for Private Military and Security Contractors in the International Legal Regime M5. ind the Gap: Lacunae in the International Legal Framework Governing Private Military and Security Companies 6. Due Diligence Obligations of Conduct: Developing a Responsibility Regime for PMSCs 7. A U.N. Convention to Regulate PMSCs? 8. Transparency as a Core Public Value and Mechanism of Compliance 9. The Stability Operations Industry: The Shared Responsibility of Compliance and Ethics

About the author

George Andreopoulos’ research focuses on the intersections of international relations and international law with special emphasis on international organizations and on international human rights and humanitarianism.

John Kleinig works and publishes in moral, social, and political philosophy, with a special interest in criminal justice ethics.

Summary

The book focuses on the impact of private military and security companies on security governance and on efforts to render them accountable through regulatory mechanisms and processes. This book was published as a special issue of Criminal Justice Ethics.

Product details

• Authors: George (John Jay College of Criminal Andreopoulos, George Kleinig Andreopoulos
• Assisted by: George Andreopoulos (Editor), George (John Jay College of Criminal Justice Andreopoulos (Editor), John Kleinig (Editor), John (John Jay College of Criminal Justice Kleinig (Editor), Kleinig John (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138057524
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05752-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Business & Economics / General, HISTORY / Military / General, LAW / Military, privatization, Military administration, Military and defence law and civilian service law