The Contemporary Law of Targeting: Military Objectives, Proportionality and Precautions in Attack Under Additional Protocol I

ISBN-13: 9789004174801 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 288 str.

Ian Henderson

Opis

This book provides an analysis of the law of targeting during an armed conflict; focusing on what is a lawful target, what is proportional collateral damage, and describing a process by which legal responsibility for targeting decisions can be assessed.

Recenzje

"Henderson has managed to present a highly valuable analysis of the law of targeting. It is hard to see how this book will not have to be on the desk and even in the satchel of every military officer engaged with the law of targeting.
(...) an excellent study that will be the standard text in this area for the time being."
Professor Jürgen Bröhmer, University of New England, New Zealand and Australian Armed Forces Law Review , Vol 10 & 11, 2010-11.

Spis treści

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary;
Chapter 1 Introduction;
Chapter 2 What is the law applicable to targeting?;
Part I The Law Concerning What Are Lawful Targets
Chapter 3 Lawful non-human targets;
Chapter 4 Lawful human targets;
Chapter 5 Effects-based operations and controversial military Objectives;
Chapter 6 United Nations operations: does the law of targeting differ?;
Part II The Law Concerning Attacking a Target Lawfully
Chapter 7 Precautions in attack;
Chapter 8 Proportionality;
Chapter 9 Who owns the bomb?;
Chapter 10 Conclusions and implications;
Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Ian S. Henderson Ph.D (2008) in Law, University of Melbourne, is a legal officer serving with the Royal Australian Air Force and is currently the Deputy Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law. He was the senior Australian Air Force legal officer in the Combined Air Operations Center during the 2003 conflict in the Middle East.