ISBN:
9781107040939
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (356 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Terrorism and the Right to Resist : A Theory of Just Revolutionary War
DDC:
303.6/25
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
A systematic account of the right to resist oppression and of the forms of armed force it can justify
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Revolutions armed and unarmed; 1.2 Armed resistance and the concept of terrorism; 1.3 Outline of the argument; Part I Theory and principles; 2 Justice, oppression, and the right to resist; 2.1 A right to resist; 2.2 Oppression and the objects of resistance; 2.3 Human rights and 'the revolutionary stance'; 2.4 From human rights to the right to resist; 2.5 Self-determination and social justice as goals of rightful resistance; 2.6 Justice and the duty to resist
Description / Table of Contents:
2.7 Conclusion: resistance to oppression as a right3 Rights worth killing for; 3.1 The problem of narrow proportionality; 3.2 Three possible responses; 3.3 Political oppression and conditional threats; 3.4 Two qualifications; 3.5 Contexts for rightful armed resistance; 4 The codes of resistance; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The jus in bello; 4.3 Limits of the Standard jus in bello; 4.4 Conclusion; 5 Rights worth dying for: Distributing the costs of resistance; 5.1 The jus ad bellum and the in bello codes; 5.2 Necessity, success, and proportionality
Description / Table of Contents:
5.3 Ad bellum proportionality: balancing innocent casualties5.4 Combatants, friendly and unfriendly; 5.5 Non-combatant non-beneficiaries; 5.6 Non-combatant beneficiaries: offsetting innocent casualties; 5.7 The proportionality of resistance; 5.8 The proportionality paradox; Part II Wars of liberation: Fighting within the Standard JIB; 6 Non-state groups and the authority to wage war; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Defending individuals from attack; 6.3 Legitimate authority and the Standard JIB; 6.4 Legitimate authority and non-state groups; 6.5 Conclusions
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Guerrilla war, discrimination, and the problem of lawful irregulars7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Discrimination and the legal liability of just combatants; 7.3 Just determinations of discrimination; 7.4 Discrimination and the rights of irregular combatants; 7.5 Conclusion; Part III Fighting beyond the law of war; 8 The Partisan jus in bello: Resistance beyond the laws of war; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Partisan JIB; 8.3 Viewpoints on asymmetric war; 8.4 The Standard JIB versus the Partisan JIB; 8.5 Conclusions; 9 Terrorist war; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 A 'logical choice'
Description / Table of Contents:
9.3 The moral wrong(s) of terrorism9.4 Models for all-things-considered justification (A): proportionality; 9.5 Models for all-things-considered justification (B): fairness; 9.6 The Terrorist JIB; 10 Back to the start: The ethics of beginning; 10.1 As if from nowhere; 10.2 Revolutionary strategy; 10.3 The moral dimensions of revolutionary entrepreneurship; 10.4 Conclusion: proportionality and overwhelmingly violent regimes; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
