Chapter 6. Justifying the Right to Kill: Problems of Law, Transparency, and Accountability

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface: Coming to Terms with Drones vii
4. Chapter 1. Assessing the Debate on Drone Warfare 1
5. Chapter 2. The Morality of “Drone Warfare” 24
6. Chapter 3. Drone Warfare and Military Ethics 46
7. Chapter 4. International Law and Drone Attacks beyond Armed Confl ict Zones 63
8. Chapter 5. Drone Strikes and the Law: From Bush- Era Detention to Obama- Era Targeted Killing 74
9. Chapter 6. Justifying the Right to Kill: Problems of Law, Transparency, and Accountability 88
10. Chapter 7. The Strategic Implications of Targeted Drone Strikes for US Global Counterterrorism 99
11. Chapter 8. Security Implications of Drones in Warfare 121
12. Chapter 9. Winning without War: Evaluating Military and Nonmilitary Strategies for Countering Terrorism 142
13. Chapter 10. Targeted Killings and Secret Law: Drones and the Atrophy of Political Restraints on the War Power 163
14. Chapter 11. Understanding the Gulf between Public and US Government Estimates of Civilian Casualties in Covert Drone Strikes 180
15. Chapter 12. The Myth of Precision: Human Rights, Drones, and the Case of Pakistan 199
16. Conclusion: The Future of Drone Warfare: Research Challenges and Policy Options 213
17. Notes 223
18. List of Contributors 283
19. Index 285