Journal article
The International Rule of Law and Killing in War
Social theory and practice, Vol.38(3), pp.531-552
07/01/2012
DOI: 10.5840/soctheorpract201238328
Abstract
In this paper, I suggest that for some proposed solutions to global justice problems, incompatibility with the necessary features of international law is a reason to reject them. I illustrate this by discussing the problem raised by the case of unjust combatants, that is, combatants lacking a just cause for war. I argue that the principle of inequality of combatants, which suggests that we ought to prohibit those without a just cause for war from fighting, is not only a bad international legal principle, but also a bad principle of global justice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The International Rule of Law and Killing in War
- Creators
- Jovana Davidovic - Charles Sturt University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social theory and practice, Vol.38(3), pp.531-552
- Publisher
- Florida State University, Department of Philosophy
- DOI
- 10.5840/soctheorpract201238328
- ISSN
- 0037-802X
- eISSN
- 2154-123X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Philosophy; Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9984398538302771
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