Shooting to Kill

Socio-Legal Perspectives on the Use of Lethal Force
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84946-292-1
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 342 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 698 g

Reihe: Onati International Series in Law and Society

The present book brings together perspectives from different disciplinary 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. These issues have particular salience in the counter terrorism context following 9/11 (which brought with it the spectre of shooting down hijacked airplanes) and the use of force in Operation Kratos that led to the tragic shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. Concerns about the use of excessive force, however, are not confined to the terrorist situation. The essays in this collection examine how the state sanctions the use of lethal force in varied ways: through the doctrines of public and private self-defence and the development of legislation and case law that excuses or justifies the use of lethal force in the course of executing an arrest, preventing crime or disorder or protecting private property. An important theme is how the domestic and international legal orders intersect and continually influence one another. While legal approaches to the use of lethal force share common features, the context within which force is deployed varies greatly. Key issues explored in this volume are the extent to which domestic and international law authorise pre-emptive use of force, and how necessity and reasonableness are legally constructed in this context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bronitt, Simon

Gani, Miriam

Gani, Miriama

Hufnagel, Saskia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: THEORETICAL AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1 The Rule of Law, Legal Positivism and States of EmergencyTom CampbellChapter 2 Civil Emergencies and the Claims of InnocenceJohn Kleinig and Tziporah KasachkoffChapter 3 The Right to Life Between Absolute and Proportional ProtectionKai MollerChapter 4 Can States Commit Crimes?Andrew VincentChapter 5 Law, Death and Denial in the 'Global War on Terror'Russell HoggPART II: LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR SHOOTING TO KILL Chapter 6 Sooting to Kill Innocents: Necessity, Self-Defence and Duress in the Commonwealth Criminal CodeIan Leader-ElliottChapter 7 Regulating Reasonable Force: Policing in the Shadows of the LawSimon Bronitt and Miriam GaniChapter 8 When Shooting to Kill is Authorised by the State: A Feminist AnalysisKylie Weston-ScheuberChapter 9 Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Difference: Comparing the Right to Human Dignity and Criminal Liability inGermany and AustraliaSaskia HufnagelPart III Shooting to Kill in Context: Case Studies Chapter 10 The Fatal Police Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes: Is Anyone Responsible?Ian Gordon and Seumas MillerChapter 11 The Use of Lethal Force in Counter-Piracy Operations off SomaliaDouglas Guilfoyle and Andrew MurdochChapter 12 Unlawful Killing with Combat Drones: A Case Study of Pakistan, 20042009Mary Ellen O'ConnellChapter 13 Corporations that Kill: Prosecuting BlackwaterDavid Kinley and Odette Murray

Über Autor(innen)

Hufnagel, Saskia
Saskia Hufnagel is a Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security at Griffith University in Brisbane. Her research focuses on comparative criminal and human rights law.

Bronitt, Simon
Simon Bronitt is Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security at Griffith University in Brisbane.His research interests include criminal justice issues, including counter terrorism law and human rights, covert policing, telecommunications interception and international criminal law.

Gani, Miriama
Miriam Gani is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the ANU College of Law at the Australian National University in Canberra. Her teaching and research interests are in criminal law, especially Australian Federal Criminal Law.

Simon Bronittais Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security at Griffith University in Brisbane.His research interests include criminal justice issues, including counter terrorism law and human rights, covert policing, telecommunications interception and international criminal law. Miriam Gani is an Associate Professor in Law at the ANU College of Law at the Australian National University in Canberra. aHer teaching and research interests are in criminal law, especially Australian Federal Criminal Law. Saskia Hufnagel is a Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security at Griffith University in Brisbane. Her research focuses on comparative criminal and human rights law.