David Whetham
Biographic Data
| ID | 4626798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Whetham |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Whetham |
| SIGNATURE | WHETHAM D |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8269-0006 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Public Drone Perception
The use and popularity of unmanned arial vehicles (drones) has split over from the military domain into the civilian space in the past two decades. Its utility has been recognised not only by law enforcement agencies and the security industry at large, but also by private enterprises, leading the proliferation of drone integration in a variety of sectors. However, despite widespread recognition, concerns remain in the public domain over drone dep…
A Tradição da Guerra Justa: Um Compromisso Pragmático
The Just War Tradition has provided a framework for thinking about warfare for well over 2,000 years. While the exact details may vary a little, the core ideas are shared across religious and secular culture, underpinning international law. However, should responses to terrorist activity, or ‘hybrid’ attacks, perhaps involving predominantly nonlethal methods such as subversion, cyber, or economic attrition, really be regarded within such a framew…
How Should Access to Military Health Care Facilities Be Controlled in Conflict
This commentary on a case analysis examines the principles that govern decisions about which patients might be admitted to an international military hospital during humanitarian or combat operations. It explores the balance between duties under the Geneva Conventions and other international humanitarian laws, the requirement to be able to provide medical support to the military mission, and the obligation of clinicians to coordinate with other he…
Ética militar y fundamentación profesional. Evolución, conceptos y principios
Esta obra hace una valiosa contribución a la comprensión de la ética militar, como un elemento central de la carrera militar en Colombia, y destaca la necesidad de que fundamente en todo momento el cumplimiento de la misión constitucional que tienen las instituciones castrenses en el país. A través de tres volúmenes, se describen y analizan críticamente los fundamentos teóricos de la ética que orientan las reflexiones y el quehacer cotidiano de l…
Wars over Wildlife: Green Militarisation and Just War Theory
Militarisation of conservation (sometimes known as 'green militarisation') is an issue of growing international interest. Rhino horn is immensely valuable (in 2013 its value exceeded that of gold or cocaine), and its illegal trade has attracted widespread attention. Conservationists have declared a 'war' on poaching, with extensive military resources deployed to combat it. This sometimes includes operations which are referred to, particularly in …
Drones to protect
While the more contentious use of drones to carry out targeted killings is often focused upon, very little attention has been paid to the potential benefits that their unarmed variants can offer in preventing the mass violation of human rights in conflict areas. Drones have already been employed with some success to support UN peacekeepers. This paper looks at their use in monitoring and deterring deliberate acts of harm against civilian populati…
Targeted Killing: Accountability and Oversight via a Drone Accountability Regime
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Ethics, Law and Military Operations
relativist challenge 16 The asymmetric challenge 18 Can the rules be overridden?23 Conclusion 24 Case studies of non-violence Pashtun resistance to the British Raj, 1930s Norway
Chapter Two. Metaphysical And Moral Context
This chapter explores the origins and development of the medieval Just War Tradition. It explains how this relates to the metaphysical understanding of the way that the Divine Plan was unfolding on Earth. The chapter establishes two authors in particular, Honore Bouvet and Christine de Pizan and their contribution to chivalric thought in this area with specific reference to the way that they viewed the use of surprise and deception in this contex…
Chapter Four. The Epitome Of Military Science
This chapter focuses on the medieval treatment of a popular Roman source of military advice, the Epitoma Rei Militaris by Flavius Vegetius Renatus. The first part of the chapter looks at who Vegetius was and why he wrote what he did. It then examines some of the many medieval copies of the work that were made and gauge their popularity. It looks specifically at the way the work was paraphrased and adapted in Christine de Pizans Book of Fais darme…
Chapter Five. The Works Of Geoffroy De Charny
Geoffroy de Charny was one of those comparatively rare people to be considered by his peers a model knight. His works include the Demandes and the Book of Chivalry, both written in the mid-fourteenth century and both concerned with the practicalities of knighthood. The Livre de Chevalerie repeats many of the themes that are found in the Livre Charny. The Demandes pour la joute, les tournois et la guerre was written in prose, and comprises 134 que…
Chapter Seven. Conclusion
Chapter Three. The Role Of War As A Legal Instrument In The Middle Ages
This chapter concentrates upon two related areas, beginning with an examination of the concept of the feud, the legal reasoning behind it and the way violence was used and increasingly restricted within it. From here the chapter moves on to look at the rise and fall in the use of the judicial ordeal, concentrating in particular on the duel and its relationship with the feud. This sets up the legal context of medieval warfare. Force or might of ar…
Chapter Six. Froissart: The Management Of Chivalric Expectation
Froissart is the most famous of the medieval chroniclers. His enormous histories of the fourteenth century remain as one of the most important and detailed accounts of the later middle Ages and are one of the best contemporary expositions of chivalric and courtly ideals. This chapter establishes Froissart's popularity and importance as a source before moving on to looking at the 'flavour' of his works. Who was he writing for and what events did h…
Just Wars and Moral Victories: Surprise, Deception and the Normative Framework of European War in the Later Middle Ages
While recognising the sophistication of the practice of medieval warfare, many people still have problems reconciling the widespread use of surprise and deception with the code of chivalric warfare. Was chivalry really just a meaningless veneer? If true, perhaps more perplexing are the many cases where surprise or deception were not employed and advantages were therefore sacrificed. This work argues that understanding these apparent inconsistenci…
Killing Within the Rules
It is generally accepted that rules are important, even in war, and that the adherence to them is one of the ways that the West differentiates itself from the terrorists it seeks to destroy. However, what exactly are the rules and how have they changed? In the light of high profile rulings by the UK Law Lords on the applicability of human rights legislation in theatres of military operations, some are claiming that the British military is under l…
Just Wars and Moral Victories: Surprise, Deception and the Normative Framework of European War in the Later Middle Ages
While recognising the sophistication of the practice of medieval warfare, many people still have problems reconciling the widespread use of surprise and deception with the code of chivalric warfare. Was chivalry really just a meaningless veneer? If true, perhaps more perplexing are the many cases where surprise or deception were not employed and advantages were therefore sacrificed. This work argues that understanding these apparent inconsistenci…
Public Drone Perception
The use and popularity of unmanned arial vehicles (drones) has split over from the military domain into the civilian space in the past two decades. Its utility has been recognised not only by law enforcement agencies and the security industry at large, but also by private enterprises, leading the proliferation of drone integration in a variety of sectors. However, despite widespread recognition, concerns remain in the public domain over drone dep…
Drones to protect
While the more contentious use of drones to carry out targeted killings is often focused upon, very little attention has been paid to the potential benefits that their unarmed variants can offer in preventing the mass violation of human rights in conflict areas. Drones have already been employed with some success to support UN peacekeepers. This paper looks at their use in monitoring and deterring deliberate acts of harm against civilian populati…
Killing Within the Rules
It is generally accepted that rules are important, even in war, and that the adherence to them is one of the ways that the West differentiates itself from the terrorists it seeks to destroy. However, what exactly are the rules and how have they changed? In the light of high profile rulings by the UK Law Lords on the applicability of human rights legislation in theatres of military operations, some are claiming that the British military is under l…
Killing Within the Rules
It is generally accepted that rules are important, even in war, and that the adherence to them is one of the ways that the West differentiates itself from the terrorists it seeks to destroy. However, what exactly are the rules and how have they changed? In the light of high profile rulings by the UK Law Lords on the applicability of human rights legislation in theatres of military operations, some are claiming that the British military is under l…
Chapter Two. Metaphysical And Moral Context
This chapter explores the origins and development of the medieval Just War Tradition. It explains how this relates to the metaphysical understanding of the way that the Divine Plan was unfolding on Earth. The chapter establishes two authors in particular, Honore Bouvet and Christine de Pizan and their contribution to chivalric thought in this area with specific reference to the way that they viewed the use of surprise and deception in this contex…
Chapter Four. The Epitome Of Military Science
This chapter focuses on the medieval treatment of a popular Roman source of military advice, the Epitoma Rei Militaris by Flavius Vegetius Renatus. The first part of the chapter looks at who Vegetius was and why he wrote what he did. It then examines some of the many medieval copies of the work that were made and gauge their popularity. It looks specifically at the way the work was paraphrased and adapted in Christine de Pizans Book of Fais darme…
Chapter Five. The Works Of Geoffroy De Charny
Geoffroy de Charny was one of those comparatively rare people to be considered by his peers a model knight. His works include the Demandes and the Book of Chivalry, both written in the mid-fourteenth century and both concerned with the practicalities of knighthood. The Livre de Chevalerie repeats many of the themes that are found in the Livre Charny. The Demandes pour la joute, les tournois et la guerre was written in prose, and comprises 134 que…
Chapter Seven. Conclusion
Chapter Three. The Role Of War As A Legal Instrument In The Middle Ages
This chapter concentrates upon two related areas, beginning with an examination of the concept of the feud, the legal reasoning behind it and the way violence was used and increasingly restricted within it. From here the chapter moves on to look at the rise and fall in the use of the judicial ordeal, concentrating in particular on the duel and its relationship with the feud. This sets up the legal context of medieval warfare. Force or might of ar…
Chapter Six. Froissart: The Management Of Chivalric Expectation
Froissart is the most famous of the medieval chroniclers. His enormous histories of the fourteenth century remain as one of the most important and detailed accounts of the later middle Ages and are one of the best contemporary expositions of chivalric and courtly ideals. This chapter establishes Froissart's popularity and importance as a source before moving on to looking at the 'flavour' of his works. Who was he writing for and what events did h…
Just Wars and Moral Victories: Surprise, Deception and the Normative Framework of European War in the Later Middle Ages
While recognising the sophistication of the practice of medieval warfare, many people still have problems reconciling the widespread use of surprise and deception with the code of chivalric warfare. Was chivalry really just a meaningless veneer? If true, perhaps more perplexing are the many cases where surprise or deception were not employed and advantages were therefore sacrificed. This work argues that understanding these apparent inconsistenci…
Ethics, Law and Military Operations
relativist challenge 16 The asymmetric challenge 18 Can the rules be overridden?23 Conclusion 24 Case studies of non-violence Pashtun resistance to the British Raj, 1930s Norway
Drones to protect
While the more contentious use of drones to carry out targeted killings is often focused upon, very little attention has been paid to the potential benefits that their unarmed variants can offer in preventing the mass violation of human rights in conflict areas. Drones have already been employed with some success to support UN peacekeepers. This paper looks at their use in monitoring and deterring deliberate acts of harm against civilian populati…
Targeted Killing: Accountability and Oversight via a Drone Accountability Regime
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Wars over Wildlife: Green Militarisation and Just War Theory
Militarisation of conservation (sometimes known as 'green militarisation') is an issue of growing international interest. Rhino horn is immensely valuable (in 2013 its value exceeded that of gold or cocaine), and its illegal trade has attracted widespread attention. Conservationists have declared a 'war' on poaching, with extensive military resources deployed to combat it. This sometimes includes operations which are referred to, particularly in …
Ética militar y fundamentación profesional. Evolución, conceptos y principios
Esta obra hace una valiosa contribución a la comprensión de la ética militar, como un elemento central de la carrera militar en Colombia, y destaca la necesidad de que fundamente en todo momento el cumplimiento de la misión constitucional que tienen las instituciones castrenses en el país. A través de tres volúmenes, se describen y analizan críticamente los fundamentos teóricos de la ética que orientan las reflexiones y el quehacer cotidiano de l…
How Should Access to Military Health Care Facilities Be Controlled in Conflict
This commentary on a case analysis examines the principles that govern decisions about which patients might be admitted to an international military hospital during humanitarian or combat operations. It explores the balance between duties under the Geneva Conventions and other international humanitarian laws, the requirement to be able to provide medical support to the military mission, and the obligation of clinicians to coordinate with other he…
Public Drone Perception
The use and popularity of unmanned arial vehicles (drones) has split over from the military domain into the civilian space in the past two decades. Its utility has been recognised not only by law enforcement agencies and the security industry at large, but also by private enterprises, leading the proliferation of drone integration in a variety of sectors. However, despite widespread recognition, concerns remain in the public domain over drone dep…
A Tradição da Guerra Justa: Um Compromisso Pragmático
The Just War Tradition has provided a framework for thinking about warfare for well over 2,000 years. While the exact details may vary a little, the core ideas are shared across religious and secular culture, underpinning international law. However, should responses to terrorist activity, or ‘hybrid’ attacks, perhaps involving predominantly nonlethal methods such as subversion, cyber, or economic attrition, really be regarded within such a framew…
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