Extrajudicial Killings and the Changing World Order

Impact on State and Democracy
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-032-63783-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book examines the phenomenon of state-sanctioned killings in situations exceeding conventional law and order thresholds. Through a comparative study of four states - India, Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States - it analyses whether states fulfil their fundamental purpose of protecting human life or operate as perpetrators of violence. The discussion addresses a significant paradox: despite the establishment of an UN-led international legal order, there has been an incremental increase in human lives lost to armed violence, raising important questions about state accountability and the protection of fundamental rights.

The book provides systematic analysis of municipal laws governing the right to life and state powers to take life, offering detailed inter se comparisons across the four nations. It examines how international law conceptualizes the right to life and compares these norms with corresponding provisions in domestic legal systems, identifying critical gaps and inconsistencies. The volume addresses the contemporary transformation of international legal frameworks, particularly with the emergence of non-state actors such as international and transnational terror organizations.

This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in human rights, law and civil liberties, politics and international relations, security and strategic studies, conflict resolution, global governance, socio-legal studies, political studies, development studies, and social work.

Zielgruppe

Academic, General, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mishra, Abhishek

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Extrajudicial Killing Normative Framework of State and Democracy 2. The State the Right to Life and Constitutional Self Preservation 3. Extrajudicial and Extra Legal Killings Conceptual and Legal Distinctions 4. Constitutional and International Legal Frameworks Governing Extrajudicial Killings 5. Armed Conflict and International Law 6. India Constitutional Structure Armed Conflict and the Right to Life 7. Israel Constitutional Law and the Right to Life 8. United States War Powers Targeted Killing and the Right to Life 9. United Kingdom Constitutional Law Armed Conflict and the Right to Life 10. Extrajudicial Killing State Security and Democratic Legitimacy. Bibliography. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Abhishek is Associate Professor at India International University for Legal Education and Research, Goa. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Hamburg and an LL.M. from the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on public international law, armed conflict, human rights, comparative constitutional law, and international and municipal investment law. He has taught in India, Germany and Kazakhstan and authored Regulatory Mechanism for the Capital Market in India (Thomson Reuters, 2020).