The Contemporary Law of Targeting
Military Objectives, Proportionality and Precautions in Attack under Additional Protocol I
Biographical note
Ian S. Henderson Ph.D (2008) in Law, University of Melbourne, is a legal officer serving with the Royal Australian Air Force and is currently the Deputy Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law. He was the senior Australian Air Force legal officer in the Combined Air Operations Center during the 2003 conflict in the Middle East.
Readership
All those interested in international humanitarian law, the law that applies during armed conflict, as well as military planners and commanders, military lawyers, and public international law academics and institutions.
Table of contents
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary;
Chapter 1 Introduction;
Chapter 2 What is the law applicable to targeting?;
Part I The Law Concerning What Are Lawful Targets
Chapter 3 Lawful non-human targets;
Chapter 4 Lawful human targets;
Chapter 5 Effects-based operations and controversial military Objectives;
Chapter 6 United Nations operations: does the law of targeting differ?;
Part II The Law Concerning Attacking a Target Lawfully
Chapter 7 Precautions in attack;
Chapter 8 Proportionality;
Chapter 9 Who owns the bomb?;
Chapter 10 Conclusions and implications;
Bibliography; Index.
Chapter 1 Introduction;
Chapter 2 What is the law applicable to targeting?;
Part I The Law Concerning What Are Lawful Targets
Chapter 3 Lawful non-human targets;
Chapter 4 Lawful human targets;
Chapter 5 Effects-based operations and controversial military Objectives;
Chapter 6 United Nations operations: does the law of targeting differ?;
Part II The Law Concerning Attacking a Target Lawfully
Chapter 7 Precautions in attack;
Chapter 8 Proportionality;
Chapter 9 Who owns the bomb?;
Chapter 10 Conclusions and implications;
Bibliography; Index.
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