| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 414 pages) : illustrations |
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Emerging technologies, ethics and international affairs |
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Emerging technologies, ethics and international affairs.
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| Contents |
Introduction : legitimacy as a target / Steven J. Barela -- Jus ad bellum : crossing borders to wage war against individuals / Christian Tams and James Devaney -- Who can be killed? : legal targets in non-international armed conflicts / Patrycja Grzebyk -- Boundaries of the battlefield : the geographical scope of the laws of war / Katja Schöberl -- Lethal force and drones : the human rights question / Gloria Gaggioli -- Old verses on new ideas : the sixteenth century debate on artillery / Alexis Keller -- The question of "imminence" : a historical view on anticipatory attacks / Steven J. Barela -- Correcting the record : civilians, proportionality, and the jus ad vim / Avery Plaw and Carlos R. Colon -- From just war to clean war : the impact of modern technology on military ethics / Delphine Hayim -- Data on leadership targeting and potential impacts for communal support / Jenna Jordan -- Tactical efficacy : notorious ucavs and lawfare / Marek Madej -- Strategic efficacy : the opinion of security and a dearth of data / Steven J. Barela -- Systemic efficacy : "potentially shattering consequences for international law" / Robert Kolb -- Establishment of a drone court : a necessary restraint on executive power / Amos N. Guiora and Jeffrey S. Brand -- Can UCAVs be reconciled with liberal governance? : the substantive law of a drone court / Tom Farer and Frédéric Bernard -- Conclusion : defending legitimacy / Steven J. Barela |
| Summary |
Unmanned combat air vehicles--i.e. 'drones'--have become a prominent instrument in US efforts to counter objective (and subjective) cross-border terrorist threats with lethal force. As a result, critical questions abound on the legitimacy of their use. In a series of multidisciplinary essays by scholars with extensive knowledge of international norms, this book explores the question of legitimacy through the conceptual lenses of legality, morality and efficacy, and then closes with the consideration of a policy proposal aimed at incorporating all three indispensable elements. This book seeks to come to grips with the new reality of drone warfare by exploring if it can be used to preserve, rather than eat away at, legitimacy. -- Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles (International law)
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LAW -- International.
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Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles (International law)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barela, Steven J., 1971- author, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781472446886 |
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1472446887 |
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9781317105886 |
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1317105885 |
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