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Sacrificial Violence And Targeting In International Humanitarian Law, Gregor Noll
Sacrificial Violence And Targeting In International Humanitarian Law, Gregor Noll
Gregor Noll
Drawing on the work of René Girard, his text inquires into incidental and lawful losses of civilians in the regulation of international humanitarian law as part of a symbolic order restraining violent conflict within communities. First, I inquire into central norms on targeting in IHL, explaining their internal inconsistencies. Second, I try to show that these inconsistencies can be explaining by applying Girard's theory on sacrificial violence.