9 Feindstrafrecht: Forfeiture of the right to life

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents vii
4. List of abbreviations xi
5. Table of cases xiii
6. Table of treaties xvii
7. Table of UN documents xx
8. Table of other materials xxiv
9. Introduction 1
10. Part I: Groundwork
11. 1 Defining ‘targeted killing of terrorists’ 9
12. 2 Case studies and aspects relevant for the assessment 29
13. Part II: International Legal Justification
14. 3 Human rights 57
15. 4 Legal acts of war 76
16. 5 National self-defence 167
17. Part III: Moral Justification
18. 6 The rationale for killing in war 203
19. 7 Revenge and punishment 228
20. 8 Consequences (i): Consequentialism as a general moral theory 237
21. 9 Feindstrafrecht: Forfeiture of the right to life 249
22. 10 Self-Defence: Limited forfeiture of the right to life 258
23. 11 Consequences (ii): The situation-dependent justifying force of consequences 288
24. Concluding remarks 308
25. References 312
26. Index 326