Drones and International Law - A Techno-Legal Machinery

"With the use of drones in a stable manner by some states active in the war on terror, we are witnessing the pursuit of anywhere and endless wars. This book will catch the attention of readers interested in deciphering key contemporary phenomena, as well as the role of technology and the law in facilitating them"--

List of contents

1. Drone Programs Reconfiguring War, Law and Societies Around Threat Anticipation; 2. Contexts; 3. The Institutionalization of Drone Programs; 4. Targeting Hostile Individuals; 5. Endless Wars; 6. Anywhere Wars; 7. Rituals of Sovereignty; 8. Epilogue; Index.

About the author

Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi is Lecturer in International Law at the University of Manchester. She is a leading expert on issues of global security governance. Her work reflects on states' evolving legal and policy capacity to deal with security threats, where new forms of non-state transnational risk, counter-risk strategy and technology are in play. She is also a Guest Lecturer at SciencesPo since 2018, the Managing Editor of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, an Associate Fellow at the T. M. C. Asser Institute, a Research Fellow at the International Center for Counter-Terrorism and a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War.

Summary

With the use of drones in a stable manner by some states active in the war on terror, we are witnessing the pursuit of anywhere and endless wars. This book will catch the attention of readers interested in deciphering key contemporary phenomena, as well as the role of technology and the law in facilitating them.

Foreword

The technological characteristics of drones, together with the law, have been instrumental in expanding warfare in time and space in the counter-terrorism context.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, Rebecca (University of Manchester) Mignot-Mahdavi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781009346559
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0934655-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Air & Space, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Transportation, Public International Law, Ordnance, weapons technology, Intelligent & Automated Transport System Technology, Intelligent and automated transport system technology, International space & aerospace law, International law, transport: space and aerospace law