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Author Goppel, Anna.

Title Killing Terrorists : a Moral and Legal Analysis.

Publication Info. Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (356 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Ideen & Argumente
Ideen & Argumente.
Contents Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of treaties; Table of UN documents; Table of other materials; Introduction; Part I: Groundwork; 1 Defining 'targeted killing of terrorists'; 1.1 Defining 'targeted killing'; 1.2 Defining 'terrorist'; 1.3 Distinguishable forms and cases; 2 Case studies and aspects relevant for the assessment; 2.1 Case studies; 2.2 Aspects relevant for the assessment; Part II: International Legal Justification; 3 Human rights; 3.1 Peacetime; 3.2 Armed conflicts; 4 Legal acts of war; 4.1 The (in)dependence of jus ad bellum and jus in bello arguments.
4.2 Lines of argument4.3 International armed conflicts; 4.3.1 Conflicts with terrorists as international armed conflicts: Preconditions; 4.3.2 Imputability of non-state terrorist acts to states; 4.3.3 Conflicts with terrorists as international armed conflicts: Conclusions; 4.3.4 The legality of targeted killing in international armed conflicts; 4.3.5 The status of terrorists and conclusions regarding the legality of targeting and killing them; 4.4 Non-international armed conflicts; 4.4.1 The legality of targeted killing in non-international armed conflicts.
4.4.2 Conflicts with terrorists as non-international armed conflicts and conclusions regarding the legality of targeted killing of terrorists4.5 Occupied territories and a 'new' type of armed conflict; 4.5.1 Occupied territories; 4.5.2 A 'new' type of armed conflict; 5 National self-defence; 5.1 Preconditions of the right of national self-defence; 5.2 Armed attack; 5.3 Preventive and reactive national self-defence; 5.4 Proportionality and necessity; 5.5 Legality of targeted killing in terms of the right of national self-defence.
5.6 Applicable international law and limits to the use of targeted killing in self-defencePart III: Moral Justification; 6 The rationale for killing in war; 6.1 Morally accepted means of warfare; 6.2 Analogous application of the wartime rationale for killing; 7 Revenge and punishment; 7.1 Revenge; 7.2 Punishment; 8 Consequences (i): Consequentialism as a general moral theory; 9 Feindstrafrecht: Forfeiture of the right to life; 10 Self-Defence: Limited forfeiture of the right to life; 11 Consequences (ii): The situation-dependent justifying force of consequences.
11.1 'Counter-terrorism principles'11.2 Consequences 'regain' normative force; Concluding remarks; References; Index.
Summary The targeted killing of terrorists has become an established practice in the fight against terrorism. Anna Goppel analyses the justifiability of this practice, both from a moral and an international legal perspective. She shows that the targeted killing of terrorists can be justified only in very specific and rather theoretical cases. This seriously questions the practice as well as its increasing acceptance.
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Subject Targeted killing.
Targeted killing.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Terrorism -- Prevention.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Goppel, Anna. Killing Terrorists : A Moral and Legal Analysis. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2013 9783110284423
ISBN 9783110277272 (electronic book)
3110277271 (electronic book)