This title examines the international lawfulness of state-sponsored targeted killings in military and police operations. Analysing recent state practice and jur

Existing international law is capable to govern the “war on terror” also in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. The standards generally applicable to targe

The controversy surrounding targeted killings represents a crisis of conscience for policymakers, lawyers and philosophers grappling with the moral and legal li

Explores the emergence of targeted killing in Israeli and US statecraft, and in the international law of force.

This book examines the permissibility and effectiveness of targeted killing in campaigns against terror. Targeted killing has become a primary counterterrorism