Law's impunity : responsibility and the modern private military company /
When faced with those who act with impunity, we seek the protection of law. We rely upon the legal system for justice, from international human rights law that establishes common standards of protection, to international criminal law that spearheads efforts to end impunity for the most heinous atroc...
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Oxford ; Portland, OR :
Hart Publishing,
2015.
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| Series: | Studies in international law (Oxford, England)
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Table of Cases
- Table of Instruments and Legislation
- Introduction
- 1. Law�s Impunity
- I. Introduction
- II. The Contested Concept of Impunity
- III. The Passive and Active Dimensions of Legal Impunity
- IV. Passive Impunity: Structural Characteristics of the Ordinary Legal Process
- A. Compartmentalisation of Law
- B. Impunity Through the Juridification of War
- C. Impunity within the �Dark Sides�of Law
- D. The Irresponsibility of LawE. Impunity within the Multifarious Character of Responsibility
- F. Law�s Denial: Determining Damage, Injury and Wrong
- G. Law�s Assertion: Legitimacy, Legality and Rightfulness
- V. Active Impunity: Legal Exceptionalism
- A. Pardon, Amnesty and Immunity
- B. International Humanitarian Law
- C. States of Exception
- VI. Conclusion
- 2. The Modern Private Military Company
- I. Introduction
- II. A Contemporary Overview of the Modern Private Military Company
- III. Impunity for Private Military Company Involvement in AtrocitiesA. Perpetration and Collusion in Torture: Abu Ghraib Prison
- B. Indiscriminate and Disproportionate Use of Force: Iraq
- C. Sex-Trafficking and Prostitution Rings: Bosnia
- IV. The Question of Accountability
- V. Modern Private Military Company: Criminal Enterprise or Legitimate Business?
- VI. Watchguard International: The Conception of the Modern Private Military Company
- VII. Historical Pressure Towards Military Privatisation
- VIII. Contemporary Trends and Future Trajectories Towards Military PrivatisationIX. Towards a Definition and Typology for the Modern Private Military Company
- A. Existing Typologies for the Private Military Company Industry
- B. One-Dimensional Typologies
- C. Official Typologies
- D. Two-Dimensional Typologies
- X. Proposed Typology: Segregating Civilian and Military Corporations on the Principle of Distinction
- A. Adapting the Principle of Distinction
- B. The Severity of Harm Dimension: Control and Exercise of Violence
- C. The Proximity of Harm Dimension: Direct Participation in HostilitiesD. Combining the Revised Typology
- XI. Conclusion
- 3. Law�s Failure to Marginalise and Criminalise Mercenary Activity
- I. Introduction
- II. Maritime Piracy: Hostes Humani Generis
- III. Soldiers of (Mis- ) Fortune: A Brief Historical Background of Mercenary Activity
- IV. The Pejorative Status of Mercenaries
- V. The Moral Mercenary and the Problem of Differentiating Organised Violence
- A. Motivational Objections
- B. Armed Reluctance Objections
