On Feb 17, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Christian Brunschen wrote:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7892387.stm>
// Christian
reading the above article made me think of this excellent book a
friend of mine recently published:
http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745641089
Law, Ethics, and the War on Terror
By: Matthew Evangelista
Description
In recent years the mass murder of thousands of innocent civilians by
al Qaeda terrorists has plumbed the depths of criminality and
immorality. Yet it is the response to those attacks, particularly by
the United States, that has provoked widespread accusations that the
anti-terrorist cure may be worse than the terrorist disease.
This book explores the key legal and ethical controversies that arose
in the wake of the brutal attacks of 11 September 2001. After the Cold
War, progress in human rights and limitations on warfare created an
impression that "global civil society" had emerged to challenge the
dominance of states and establish new norms to guide their behavior.
The events of 9/11, however, witnessed a reassertion of state
prerogatives, reflected in challenges to the Geneva Conventions and
the stigma against torture. Focusing on core debates about preventive
war and the implications of targeted assassination, kidnapping,
indefinite detention, and the torture of suspected terrorists,
Evangelista asks whether state practice will further undermine the
very norms of international law and morality, or whether efforts to
combat terrorism can be brought back into conformity with ethical and
legal standards.
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