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• Title:Drone controversies : ethical and legal debates surrounding targeted strikes and electronic surveillance / Sara M. Smyth, Ph.D.
  
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• Author/Creator:Smyth, Sara M. (Sara Melissa), 1974- author.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto : Thomson Reuters Canada, [2016]
  © 2016
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: UG1242.D7 S69 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Electronic surveillance--Law and legislation.
  Aerial surveillance.
  Drone aircraft--Law and legislation.
  Air warfare.
  
• Description:xiii, 146 pages ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"This book examines the legal implicatons of employing remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned aerial systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, which are flown autonomously, or by remote control, without a pilot onboard. Advancements in sensor technologies have been ongoing, computer software has been revolutionized, miniaturization is ubiquitous and wireless networks are omnipresent - the convergence of all these technologies, and more, has opened up a science-fiction like world where fleets of drones can carry out tasks with astonishing speed and accuracy. They can also help us to collect information and comprehend relationships and patterns in ways that are too complex for the human mind to sense and grasp on its own. ... Focusing primarily on the United States, this book will consider the legal and ethical bounds of drone operations in three very important spheres: military drone strikes, domestic surveillance by law enforcement and commercial and recreational uses in national airspace."--Page [iv].
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index
  
• ISBN:0779877659
  9780779877652
  
• Contents:Preface
  Part I Introduction
  Chapter 1: Here, There, and Everywhere! Introduction to Military Drones
  Introduction
  A Brief history of Military Drone - Conclusion
  Part II Drone Cnotroversies
  Chapter 2: Good Kill? Ethical and Legal Issues Surrounding Drones & Targeted Killing
  Introduction
  Introduction to targeted Killings
  Targeted Drone Strikes and the Killers Behind Them
  The Legality of Targeted Drone Strikes: Domestic Law
  The Legality of Targeted Drone Strikes: International Law
  Jus Ad Bellum: Do the Strikes Violate National Sovereignty?
  Jus Ad Bellum: Are the Strikes Lawful Under the UN Charter?
  Article 42: Was There Authorization By the UN Security Council?
  Article 51: Was There an "Armed Attack"?
  Jus Ad Bellum: So the Strikes Constitute a Valid Exercise of Self-Defense? Do the Strikes Meet the Requirements of Necessity?
  Do the Strikes Meet the Requirements of Proportionality?
  Jus In Bello: Do the Strikes Provide for Noncombatant Immunity?
  Conclusion
  Chapter 3: The Omnipotent Gaze: Domestic Drones & the Law of Privacy and Surveillance
  Introduction
  Early Developments in the Law of Surveillance Technology and Jurisprudence
  Aerial Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment
  united States v. Jones: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
  Conclusion
  Chapter 4: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Both!Commercial Drones & their Integration in the National Airpace System
  Introduction
  An Overview of the Commercial Drone Industry
  Challenges With Integrating Drones Into National Airspace
  Sense and Avoid Technologies
  Vulnarabilities in Command and Control
  Huiman Vulnerabilities and Unreliability
  Progress toward Integrating Dones Into the National Airspace System (NAS)
  Research and Development Efforts
  Federal Legislative Initiatives
  Public (Governmental)
  Civil (Commerical)
  Model (Recreational/Hobby)
  State Regulatory Frameworks
  Conclusion
  Chapter 5: The Drone Revolution: Where do We Go From Here?
  Conclusion
  Appendix
  Index