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Blum & Heymann on Targeted Killing

By Lawrence Solum

Gabriella Blum and Phillip B. Heymann (Harvard Law School) have posted Law and Policy of Targeted Killing (Harvard National Security Journal, Vol. 1, No. 145, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

This is a chapter from our forthcoming book, 'Laws, Outlaws, and Terrorists: Lessons from the War on Terrorism', (MIT Press, September 2010). This chapter addresses the legal, ethical, and strategic aspects of targeted killings as a counterterrorism measure, drawing on the American and Israeli experience. We argue that since terrorism is neither a traditional war nor a traditional crime, its non-traditional nature must affect how, where, and when we employ targeted killings. Specifically, we argue that whether one begins with a law enforcement model or a war model in mind, the ultimate contours of justifiable targeted killings are very similar under either paradigm.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on June 28, 2010 (boomark / email).