Shooting to kill socio-legal perspectives on the use of lethal force / [electronic resource] : Socio-legal perspectives on the use of lethal force edited by Simon Bronitt, Miriam Gani and Saskia Hufnagel. - Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2012. - xvii, 324 p. - Onati international series in law and society . - Onati international series in law and society. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rule of law, legal positivism and states of emergency / Civil emergencies and the claims of innocence / The right of life between absolute and proportional protection / Can states commit crimes? / Law, death and denial in the 'Global War on Terror' / Shooting to kill innocents : necessity, self-defence and duress in the Commonwealth criminal code / Regulating reasonable force : policing in the shadows of the law / When shooting to kill is authorised by the state : a feminist analysis / Fundamental rights and findamental difference : comparing the right to human dignity and criminal liability in Germany and Australia / pt. III. Shooting to kill in context : case studies -- The fatal police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes : is anyone responsible? / The use of lethal force in counter-piracy operations offi Somalia / Unlawful killing with combat drones : a case study of Pakistan, 2004-2009 / Corporations that kill : prosecuting Blackwater / Tom Campbell -- John Kleinig and Tziporah Kasachkoff -- Kai Moller -- Andrew Vincent -- Russell Hogg -- Ian Leader-Elliott -- Simon Bronitt and Miriam Gani -- Kylie Weston-Scheuber -- Saskia Hufnagel -- Ian Gordon and Seumas MIller -- Douglas Guilfoyle and Andrew Murdoch -- Mary Ellen O'Connell -- David Kinley and Odette Murray. Pt. I. Theoretical and ethical perspectives -- pt. II. Legal frameworks for shooting to kill --


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781782250425 (electronic bk.)




Police shootings--Law and legislation.
Police shootings--Moral and ethical aspects.
Police shootings--Political aspects.


Electronic books.

K3465 / .S56 2012

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