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1 online resource (409 pages) |
| Contents |
Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. OBEDIENCE TO SUPERIOR ORDERS; 1. Virtues and Vices of Military Obedience; 2. The Law of Military Obedience; 3. The Uncertain Scope of ""Manifest"" Illegality Problems with Prevailing Law; 4. Sparse and Unsettled Rules; 5. The Weightlessness of Moral Gravity; 6. Irregularity amidst Procedural Formality; 7. Atrocities ""Vanish"" by Verbal Artistry; 8. Views of Atrocity in Legal Theory :Positivist, Naturalist and Postmodernist; 9. Individual Responsibility for Systemic Horrors? |
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Part II. AVERTING ATROCITY Roots of Atrocity and Law's Response10. Legal Norms and Social Practices in Military Life; 11. Cold Hearts and the Heat of Battle: Atrocity from Above or from Below?; 12. Permutations on Perversity: Atrocity by Connivance and Brutalization Social Bases of Military Obedience; 13. Why Do Men Fight?; 14. Morale and Morality: An Uneasy Relationship; Part III. FREEDOM AND CONSTRAINT IN MILITARY LIFE AND LAW; 15. Rules vs. Standards in Military Law; 16. Martial Courage as Moral Judgment; 17. Promoting Practical Judgment; 18. What Soldiers Know |
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19. Misreading Orders Morality20. Disobdience as Creative Compliance -- 21. Living with Lawyers; 22. Applying Applied Ethics or Where the Rubber Hits the Road; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
War crimes.
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War Crimes
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War crimes
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351502573 |
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1351502573 |
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