U.s. National Security Law - An International Perspective

Informationen zum Autor By H. L. Pohlman Klappentext This text examines U.S. national security policy making through the lens of international law. The chapters consist of selected excerpts of primary readings to address the question of whether Congress and the President should conform their laws, policies, and actions to the dictates of international law regardless of the nature of the threat. Zusammenfassung This text examines U.S. national security policy making through the lens of international law. The chapters consist of selected excerpts of primary readings to address the question of whether Congress and the President should conform their laws! policies! and actions to the dictates of international law regardless of the nature of the threat. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One: IntroductionChapter Two: The Right to Make War-Jus ad BellumChapter Three: The Laws of War--Jus in BelloChapter Four: Combatant StatusChapter Five: Torture and InterrogationChapter Six: Military CommissionsChapter Seven: Covert ActionChapter Eight: Targeted KillingChapter Nine: Electronic SurveillanceChapter Ten: Cyber War

Product details

• Authors: H. L. Pohlman, Pohlman H. L.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781538104026
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0402-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Treaties, International Relations, Terrorism, armed struggle, Warfare and defence, Public international law: treaties and other sources