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Targeting Americans : the constitutionality of the U.S. Drone War / H. Jefferson Powell ; foreword by Philip Bobbitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Powell, Jefferson, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War and emergency powers--United States.
- War and emergency powers.
- Targeted killing--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Targeted killing.
- Counterinsurgency--United States.
- Counterinsurgency.
- National security--Law and legislation--United States.
- National security.
- State crimes--Law and legislation--United States.
- State crimes.
- Drone aircraft--Law and legislation--United States.
- Drone aircraft.
- Targeted killing--United States.
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Targeting Americans focuses on the legal debate surrounding drone strikes, the use of which has expanded significantly under the Obama Presidency as part of the continuing war against terror. Despite the political salience of the legal questions raised by targeted killing, the author asserts that there has been remarkably little careful analysis of the fundamental legal question: the constitutionality of the policy.
- Contents:
- Cover; Targeting Americans; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Constitutional History of the War on Terror; 2. How to Think Constitutionally; 3. The War Powers of the U.S. Government; 4. The Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki: A Constitutional Analysis; 5. Targeted Killing and the Future: Three Speculations; Conclusion: Why It Matters; Appendix: Three Roads Not Taken; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-049286-4
- 0-19-049287-2
- 0-19-049285-6
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