Proportionality (in War)

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ETHICS, Wiley & Sons, 2012

Rutgers School of Law-Newark Research Paper No. 112

8 Pages Posted: 24 Feb 2012 Last revised: 13 Aug 2013

Date Written: February 22, 2012

Abstract

This entry for the International Encyclopedia of Ethics discusses the moral and legal requirement of proportionality in armed conflict. Among other things, the entry discusses the relationship between proportionality and just cause; the relative weight of the harms inflicted and the harms prevented by war and acts of war; the relevance of national partiality; and the effect of human shields and mixed battle spaces on the stringency of the proportionality requirement.

Keywords: proportionality, war, armed conflict, just cause, distinction, precaution, necessity, discrimination, combatants, civilians, human shields, intermingling

Suggested Citation

Haque, Adil Ahmad, Proportionality (in War) (February 22, 2012). INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ETHICS, Wiley & Sons, 2012, Rutgers School of Law-Newark Research Paper No. 112, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2009562 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2009562

Adil Ahmad Haque (Contact Author)

Rutgers Law School ( email )

Newark, NJ
United States

HOME PAGE: http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/adil-ahmad-haque

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