To kill another: homicide and natural law

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Blood Diamonds and the Limits of Moral Knowledge -- 2. State Privilege to Kill -- 3. Victims' Rights and Double Jeopardy -- 4. Political Theology and the Law of War -- 5. Wrongful Life Tort -- 6. Is Carl Schmitt Right? Is Just War Impossible? -- 7. Why the Case of the Maltese Twins Was Wrongly Decided -- 8. Kosovo Air War and Why Malthus Was Really a Wise Man -- Conclusion: Natural Law as Political Theology -- Appendix: The "Summa Theologica" -- Bibliography -- Index

Public acts of homicide-like capital punishment-are now viewed by many as barbaric, even for heinous crimes, while a private act of homicide-like the (increasingly routine) starvation of comatose patients-is viewed by many as a caring gesture both to patient and family. To Kill Another explores how this privatization of homicide is ongoing in Western law, despite the fact that it runs counter to the rule of law