RT Book
T1 Legitimate targets?: social construction, international law and US bombing
T2 Cambridge studies in international relations
JF Cambridge studies in international relations
A1 Dill, Janina 1983-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2015
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/782108059
AB "Based on an innovative theory of international law, Janina Dill's book investigates the effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) in regulating the conduct of warfare. Through a comprehensive examination of the IHL defining a legitimate target of attack, Dill reveals a controversy among legal and military professionals about the 'logic' according to which belligerents ought to balance humanitarian and military imperatives: the logics of sufficiency or efficiency. Law prescribes the former, but increased recourse to IL in US air warfare has led to targeting in accordance with the logic of efficiency"--
AB "Based on an innovative theory of international law, Janina Dill's book investigates the effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) in regulating the conduct of warfare. Through a comprehensive examination of the IHL defining a legitimate target of attack, Dill reveals a controversy among legal and military professionals about the 'logic' according to which belligerents ought to balance humanitarian and military imperatives: the logics of sufficiency or efficiency. Law prescribes the former, but increased recourse to IL in US air warfare has led to targeting in accordance with the logic of efficiency"--
NO Includes bibliogr. references and index
NO Bibliogr. S. 311 - 348
CN KZ6695
SN 9781107056756
SN 9781107694866
K1 United States : Air Force : History
K1 United States / Air Force : History
K1 Air warfare : United States : History
K1 Air warfare : History : United States
K1 Air warfare (International law)
K1 Humanitarian law
K1 War (International law)
K1 Air warfare
K1 Political Science
K1 International Relations
K1 United States.
K1 General
K1 Luftangriff : Legalität : Kriegführung : Humanitäres Völkerrecht
K1 USA : Luftangriff : Legalität : Kriegführung : Humanitäres Völkerrecht