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2 - Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2023

Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi
Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi
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University of Manchester
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Before developing the argument of the book, this chapter gives an overview of the contexts where combat drones have been deployed as a basis for the study. The description of the contexts in which drone operations have been conducted extraterritorially against non-state actors by the US, the UK, and France follow a chronological sequence, and draw some general common and diverging features of the different legal rationales crafted by these states.

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Counterterrorismmilitary stategydronesdrone warstargeted killingsdrone strikesremote warfareUnited StatesFranceUnited Kingdom
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Drones and International Law
A Techno-Legal Machinery
 , pp. 17 - 40
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Contexts
  • Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, University of Manchester
  • Book: Drones and International Law
  • Online publication: 31 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009346603.003
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  • Contexts
  • Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, University of Manchester
  • Book: Drones and International Law
  • Online publication: 31 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009346603.003
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  • Contexts
  • Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, University of Manchester
  • Book: Drones and International Law
  • Online publication: 31 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009346603.003
Available formats
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