Legitimate targets?: social construction, international law and US bombing

"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 controv...

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Main Author: Dill, Janina 1983- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge Univ. Press 2015
In: Cambridge studies in international relations (133)
Year: 2015
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: 63 A 4726
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Keywords:
United States > Air Force > History
United States / Air Force > History
Air warfare > United States > History
Air warfare > History > United States
Air warfare (International law)
Humanitarian law
War (International law)
Air warfare
Political Science
International Relations
United States.
General
Luftangriff > Legalität > Kriegführung > Humanitäres Völkerrecht
USA > Luftangriff > Legalität > Kriegführung > Humanitäres Völkerrecht
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Summary:"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"--
"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"--
Item Description:Includes bibliogr. references and index
Bibliogr. S. 311 - 348
Physical Description:XVIII, 358 S., 23 cm
ISBN:9781107056756
9781107694866