Law and Morality At War

What are the moral and legal issues of contemporary warfare? Drawing on cutting-edge debates in moral philosophy, this book proposes how the laws of war can be evaluated, criticized, and reformed, making a valuable and timely contribution to a pressing international debate.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Law and Morality


• 3: Civilians


• 4: Combatants


• 5: Distinction


• 6: Discrimination


• 7: Precautions


• 8: Proportionality


• 9: Human Shields


• 10: War Crimes


• Appendix: Revisionism

About the author

Adil Ahmad Haque is Professor of Law and Judge Jon O. Newman Scholar at Rutgers Law School as well as Associate Graduate Faculty at the Rutgers University Department of Philosophy.

Summary

What are the moral and legal issues of contemporary warfare? Drawing on cutting-edge debates in moral philosophy, this book proposes how the laws of war can be evaluated, criticized, and reformed, making a valuable and timely contribution to a pressing international debate.

Product details

• Authors: Adil Ahmad Haque, Adil Ahmad (Professor of Law and Judge Jon Haque, Haque Adil Ahmad
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2020
• EAN: 9780198859321
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885932-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Oxford Legal Philosophy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / International, LAW / Public, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law