Shooting to kill : socio-legal perspectives on the use of lethal force /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bronitt, Simon, Gani, Miriam, Hufnagel, Saskia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2012.
Colección:Oñati international series in law and society.
Temas:
Police shootings > Law and legislation.
Police shootings > Moral and ethical aspects.
Police shootings > Political aspects.
Police > Usage des armes > Aspect moral.
Police > Usage des armes > Aspect politique.
International criminal law.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Doden.
Juridische aspecten.
Ethische aspecten.
Politieke aspecten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Theoretical and ethical perspectives
  • The rule of law, legal positivism and states of emergency / Tom Campbell
  • Civil emergencies and the claims of innocence / John Kleinig and Tziporah Kasachkoff
  • The right of life between absolute and proportional protection / Kai Möller
  • Can states commit crimes? / Andrew Vincent
  • Law, death and denial in the 'Global War on Terror' / Russell Hogg
  • pt. II. Legal frameworks for shooting to kill
  • Shooting to kill innocents : necessity, self-defence and duress in the Commonwealth criminal code / Ian Leader-Elliott
  • Regulating reasonable force : policing in the shadows of the law / Simon Bronitt and Miriam Gani
  • When shooting to kill is authorised by the state : a feminist analysis / Kylie Weston-Scheuber
  • Fundamental rights and findamental difference : comparing the right to human dignity and criminal liability in Germany and Australia / Saskia Hufnagel
  • pt. III. Shooting to kill in context : case studies
  • The fatal police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes : is anyone responsible? / Ian Gordon and Seumas MIller
  • The use of lethal force in counter-piracy operations offi Somalia / Douglas Guilfoyle and Andrew Murdoch
  • Unlawful killing with combat drones : a case study of Pakistan, 2004-2009 / Mary Ellen O'Connell
  • Corporations that kill : prosecuting Blackwater / David Kinley and Odette Murray.

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