Extrajudicial killing as risk management

Security Dialogue

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 289-308

  Kessler, Oliver ^a   Werner, Wouter ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

International law; Risk; Targeted killing; Terror; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049084966     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010608088779     Document Type: Article

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