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- Provides a timely investigation into how and why illegal killing occurs in war
- Draws on interdisciplinary analysis of the social, psychological and biological factors which affect a soldier's mental state
- Examines the legality of the practicalities and realities faced by a modern soldier
Part of the book series: Critical Criminological Perspectives (CCRP)
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Killing on Command presents the limits of the law in preventing the occurrence of war crimes. Realistic and practical measures for armed conflict, including the regulation and prevention of violence, and the just implementation of legal standards are all questioned and examined in depth. Given a current focus on the regulation of conduct in war, and the recent prosecution of soldiers, this bookwill be of particular interest to scholars in the fields of criminology and international relations, as well as policy-makers.
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Book Title: Killing on Command
Book Subtitle: The Defence of Superior Orders in Modern Combat
Authors: Carmel O'Sullivan
Series Title: Critical Criminological Perspectives
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49581-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49580-8Published: 26 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49581-5Published: 22 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2731-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2731-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 226
Topics: Criminological Theory, Critical Criminology, Transnational Crime, Crime and Society, Military and Defence Studies, International Criminal Law