Law and Morality at War

ISBN-13: 9780198859321 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 304 str.

Adil Ahmad Haque (Professor of Law and J

Opis

Law and Morality at War develops a normative framework within which the law of armed conflict should be evaluated, interpreted, and reformed. The book defends existing protections for civilians, proposes new protections for combatants, and interprets vague and ambiguous rules - including discrimination, precautions, and proportionality - in their morally best light. The book makes original contributions to a variety of current debates in moral and legal philosophy, including the justification of legal authority, moral liability to defensive harm, and moral choice under uncertainty. At the same time, the book directly confronts the complex problems of the modern battlefield, including the use of human shields. Both theoretical and practical, the book aims to better guide combatants and better protect civilians. With a new preface addressing recent developments and continued armed conflict.

Recenzje

The legal regulation of warfare involves an ever-present tension between idealism and realism, between imagining a more perfect arrangement for human affairs and making peace with the reality that war is, in some cases, inevitable. In this stimulating and provocative book, Haque deftly combines close legal analysis about the current state of international law with philosophical insights on how it should evolve. Few scholars have such an impressive command of both domains and the insight and daring to combine them so effectively.

O autorze

Adil Ahmad Haque is Professor of Law and Judge Jon O. Newman Scholar at Rutgers Law School as well as Associate Graduate Faculty at the Rutgers University Department of Philosophy.