Legitimate targets? : social construction, international law and US Bombing / Janina Dill
Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations ; 133 | Cambridge Studies in International Relations ; ; 133Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 358 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 978-1-107-69486-6
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Bibliografia: p. 311-348
The challenge -- The theory -- Positive law -- Customary law -- The rise of international law in US air warfare -- The changing logic of US air warfare -- The behavioural relevance of international law in US air warfare -- The lack of normative success of international law in US air warfare -- The impossibility of normative success for international law in war
Based on an innovative theory of international law, Janina Dill's book investigates the effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) in regulating the conduct of warfare. Through a comprehensive examination of the IHL defining a legitimate target of attack, Dill reveals a controversy among legal and military professionals about the 'logic' according to which belligerents ought to balance humanitarian and military imperatives: the logics of sufficiency or efficiency. Law prescribes the former, but increased recourse to IL in US air warfare has led to targeting in accordance with the logic of efficiency