| Description |
xvii, 324 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Oñati international series in law and society |
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Oñati international series in law and society.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Theoretical and ethical perspectives -- The rule of law, legal positivism and states of emergency / Tom Campbell -- Civil emergencies and the claims of innocence / John Kleinig and Tziporah Kasachkoff -- The right of life between absolute and proportional protection / Kai Möller -- Can states commit crimes? / Andrew Vincent -- Law, death and denial in the 'Global War on Terror' / Russell Hogg -- pt. II. Legal frameworks for shooting to kill -- Shooting to kill innocents : necessity, self-defence and duress in the Commonwealth criminal code / Ian Leader-Elliott -- Regulating reasonable force : policing in the shadows of the law / Simon Bronitt and Miriam Gani -- When shooting to kill is authorised by the state : a feminist analysis / Kylie Weston-Scheuber -- Fundamental rights and findamental difference : comparing the right to human dignity and criminal liability in Germany and Australia / Saskia Hufnagel -- pt. III. Shooting to kill in context : case studies -- The fatal police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes : is anyone responsible? / Ian Gordon and Seumas MIller -- The use of lethal force in counter-piracy operations offi Somalia / Douglas Guilfoyle and Andrew Murdoch -- Unlawful killing with combat drones : a case study of Pakistan, 2004-2009 / Mary Ellen O'Connell -- Corporations that kill : prosecuting Blackwater / David Kinley and Odette Murray |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Police shootings -- Law and legislation.
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Police shootings -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Police shootings -- Political aspects.
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| Author |
Bronitt, Simon.
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Gani, Miriam.
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Hufnagel, Saskia.
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| ISBN |
9781849462921 |
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1849462925 |
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