Targeted killing in international law

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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Foreword; Introduction; Footnotes; Acknowledgements; Contents-Summary; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Tablecase; Table of Treaties; Other Material; Part A: State Practice and Legal Doctrine; I. The Notion of 'Targeted Killing'; II. Current Trend towards Legitimization; III. Targeted Killing in Contemporary Legal Doctrine; IV. The Analysis; Part B: Law Enforcement; V. The Paradigm of Law Enforcement; VI. Law Enforcement and the Conventional Human Right to Life. VII. Law Enforcement and the Protection of Life under International Humanitarian LawVIII. Law Enforcement and the Non-Conventional Human Right to Life; IX. Permissibility of Targeted Killing as a Method of Law Enforcement; Part C: Hostilities; X. The Paradigm of Hostilities; XI. The Principle of Distinction under International Humanitarian Law; XII. Means and Methods in the Conduct of Hostilities; XIII. Human Rights Law and the Paradigm of Hostilities; XIV. Permissibility of Targeted Killing as a Method of Conducting Hostilities; Part D: Conclusions; XV. Comparative Conclusions. XVI. Epilogue: Targeted Killing and the Rule of LawAppendix: Selected Case Descriptions; Bibliography; Index