Targeted Killing - A Legal and Political History

Explores the emergence of targeted killing in Israeli and US statecraft, and in the international law of force.

Sommario

1. Targeted killing in the history of Israel, the United States and international law; 2. The emergence of targeted killing in the Israeli-Palestinian Common Entrapment of Enmity; 3. The emergence of targeted killing in an American homeland which is the planet; 4. Targeted killing and the struggle over international law's sanctioning of lethal force; 5. The law of targeted killing.

Info autore

Markus Gunneflo is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in public international law at Lunds Universitet, Sweden, where he researches the theory and history of international law, particularly in the areas of the use of force, humanitarian law, human rights and migration.

Riassunto

This critical historical account of the emergence of the fiercely contested practice of targeted killing will be of great interest to students, graduates and researchers who take an interest in targeted killing, be it primarily from the perspective of politics, domestic or international law.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Markus Gunneflo, Markus (Lunds Universitet Gunneflo, Gunneflo Markus
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107535336
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53533-6
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, LAW / International, LAW / Public, Terrorism, armed struggle, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Armed Conflict, Political Assassinations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General