Legal and Ethical Implications of Drone Warfare (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Boyle, Michael

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for military use and targeted killings has rapidly increased in the last decade. Initially developed by some of the most advanced military powers, their use is increasing amongst many states across the world also including non-state actors such as Islamic State. Bringing together experts in law, ethics and political science this title addresses how drone technology is changing the normal rules of war and conflict.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315473437
• Artikelnr.: 56842983

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Boyle is an Associate Professor of Political Science at La Salle University and a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. He is the author of Violence after War: Explaining Instability in Post-Conflict States (2014).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The legal and ethical implications of drone warfare 2. Getting drones
wrong 3. A means-methods paradox and the legality of drone strikes in armed
conflict 4. Clashing over drones: the legal and normative gap between the
United States and the human rights community 5. Drones to protect 6.
Virtuous drones?