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  title info:
    title: Disobedience in the Military
    sub title: Legal and Ethical Implications
  name:
    name part: Caron, Jean-François.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2019
    edition: 1st ed. 2019.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: IX, 127 p. online resource.
  abstract: We often think of the army as an institution whose members are required to blindly obey all orders they receive. However, this perception is inaccurate. Disobedience is a fundamental professional obligation of members of the military and overrides the obligation to follow commands. But what is the extent of this obligation? Are soldiers obligated to participate in what they consider to be an illegal war, or should they be allowed to enjoy a right to selective conscientious objection? Should soldiers obey a legal order that, if followed, would facilitate the perpetration of war crimes by a third party? How should soldiers act if they are ordered to follow a lawful order that could result in immoral consequences? Should soldiers be allowed to refuse to obey what can be labeled as suicidal orders? Based upon the nature of soldiers' professional obligations, this book tries to offer answers to these important questions. The author turns to a number of different case-studies, including conscientious objections, duty to protect in genocidal situations such as Rwanda and Srebrenica, suicidal orders in wars, as well as retribution and leniency towards war criminals, as a way of assessing the different legal and ethical implications of disobedience in the military. Jean-François Caron is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, where he teaches Political Theory.
  table of contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Nature of Obedience and Disobedience in the Military -- 3. Thinking About Selective Conscientious Objection in the Military -- 4. Can Soldiers Disobey Lawful Commands in Order to Prevent Crimes? -- 5. When Morality Clashes With Lawfulness -- 6. Disobeying Suicidal Orders -- 7. War Criminals' 'Road to Damascus' Moment or How Disobedience Can Justify Leniency for Previous Crimes.
  note: by Jean-François Caron.
  subject:
    topic: Politics and war
  subject:
    topic: Security, International
  subject:
    topic: Peace
  subject:
    topic: International humanitarian law
  subject:
    topic: Military and Defence Studies
  subject:
    topic: International Security Studies
  subject:
    topic: Conflict Studies
  subject:
    topic: International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict
  classification: JZ6378-6405
  classification: 355
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783319932729
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93272-9
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    record creation date: 180712
    record change date: 20191027081626.0
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