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Shooting to Kill : Socio-Legal Perspectives on the Use of Lethal Force.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oñati International Series in Law and Society SeriesPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (342 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781782250425
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shooting to KillDDC classification:
  • 363.232
LOC classification:
  • K3465 -- .S56 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Prelims -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I. Theoretical and Ethical Perspectives -- 1. The Rule of Law, Legal Positivism and States of Emergency -- 2. Civil Emergencies and the Claims of Innocence -- 3. The Right to Life Between Absolute and Proportional Protection -- 4. Can States Commit Crimes? -- 5. Law, Death and Denial in the 'Global War on Terror' -- Part II. Legal Frameworks for Shooting to Kill -- 6. Shooting to Kill Innocents: Necessity, Self-Defence and Duress in the Commonwealth Criminal Code -- 7. Regulating Reasonable Force: Policing in the Shadows of the Law -- 8. When Shooting to Kill is Authorised by the State: A Feminist Analysis -- 9. Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Difference: Comparing the Right to Human Dignity and Criminal Liability in Germany and Australia -- Part III. Shooting to Kill in Context: Case Studies -- 10. The Fatal Police Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes: Is Anyone Responsible? -- 11. The Use of Lethal Force in Counter-Piracy Operations off Somalia -- 12. Unlawful Killing with Combat Drones: A Case Study of Pakistan, 2004-2009 -- 13. Corporations that Kill: Prosecuting Blackwater -- Index.
Summary: The present book brings together perspectives from different legal fields to examine the significant legal, moral and political issues which arise in relation to the use of lethal force in both domestic and international law.
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Prelims -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I. Theoretical and Ethical Perspectives -- 1. The Rule of Law, Legal Positivism and States of Emergency -- 2. Civil Emergencies and the Claims of Innocence -- 3. The Right to Life Between Absolute and Proportional Protection -- 4. Can States Commit Crimes? -- 5. Law, Death and Denial in the 'Global War on Terror' -- Part II. Legal Frameworks for Shooting to Kill -- 6. Shooting to Kill Innocents: Necessity, Self-Defence and Duress in the Commonwealth Criminal Code -- 7. Regulating Reasonable Force: Policing in the Shadows of the Law -- 8. When Shooting to Kill is Authorised by the State: A Feminist Analysis -- 9. Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Difference: Comparing the Right to Human Dignity and Criminal Liability in Germany and Australia -- Part III. Shooting to Kill in Context: Case Studies -- 10. The Fatal Police Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes: Is Anyone Responsible? -- 11. The Use of Lethal Force in Counter-Piracy Operations off Somalia -- 12. Unlawful Killing with Combat Drones: A Case Study of Pakistan, 2004-2009 -- 13. Corporations that Kill: Prosecuting Blackwater -- Index.

The present book brings together perspectives from different legal fields to examine the significant legal, moral and political issues which arise in relation to the use of lethal force in both domestic and international law.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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