Andrea Birdsall
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4153314 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Andrea Birdsall |
| PRENOMES | Andrea |
| SOBRENOME | Birdsall |
| ASSINATURA | BIRDSALL A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6420-9768 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Global constitutionalism and/as enlightenment
This editorial considers how scholars interested in issues of global constitutionalism should approach the questions that have concerned those interested in enlightenment. Reflecting on the relocation of the journal’s editorial offices to Edinburgh, we foreground discussions from the historiography of the long eighteenth century that should be of interest to scholars of international relations, international law and political theory. Two main con…
From ‘evil doers’ to ‘very fine people
Human Rights in Scottish Foreign Policy
While foreign policy is a reserved matter for the British government in Westminster, it is clear that the Scottish government aspires to, and indeed has implemented, an expanding programme of independent external relations. It is not the first sub-state political actor to do so. Whether as a part of the UK, or as potentially an independent country, Scotland has put considerable effort into developing an identity as a good global citizen. One area…
Enemy of the state’
This paper analyses the UK’s law and practice of citizenship deprivation as a counterterrorism measure to deal with returning foreign terrorist fighters. What used to be an “exceptional” measure has become increasingly institutionalised to give the executive broad powers even at the risk of making an individual stateless. The paper shows how the construction of the terrorist “other” and the resulting politics of fear lead to a productive relation…
Thank You to Reviewers
New technologies and legal justification
This article examines the United Kingdom’s use of drones in an act of self-defence in a counter-terrorism operation. The government justified the targeted killing of a UK citizen in Syria – a country with which it was not at war at the time – with reference to existing laws and norms. In doing so, it contested a number of established concepts to justify its conduct as lawful activity. The article argues that modern weapons such as drones, which a…
Opportunistic oppression
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world in Spring 2020, the Trump administration invoked war against the coronavirus to severely restrict admission of migrants and asylum seekers into the United States. At the same time, it declined to enact national measures to control viral community spread and sharply criticised public health policies. We analyse this notable inconsistency as a case of opportunistic oppression whereby policymakers take advant…
Trumping International Law
From bringing back waterboarding, to violating treaty obligations, to banning Muslims, Donald J. Trump has proposed numerous extralegal policies. We examine the implications of this disdain for legality, arguing that Trump's frequent hostility and indifference to legal rules and institutions paradoxically impede his capacity to enact his promises and damage international law. To situate Trump's legal politics, we draw comparisons with the Bush an…
Coming to terms with a difficult past
Drone Warfare in Counterterrorism and Normative Change
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or drones in counterterrorism has changed the face of warfare and is challenging International Law on a number of levels. This paper assesses some of those challenges in the context of the Obama Administration’s justifications to use drones for targeted killing. It focusses on the US as norm entrepreneur that purposefully works to alter prevalent norms related to the use of drones in counterterrorism efforts. T…
But we don’t call it ‘torture’! Norm contestation during the US ‘War on Terror’
A monstrous failure of justice’? Guantanamo Bay and national security challenges to fundamental human rights
The “Monster That We Need to Slay”? Global Governance, the United States, and the International Criminal Court
The international politics of judicial intervention
This volume considers the most recent demands for justice within the international system, examining how such aspirations often conflict with norms of state sovereignty and non-intervention." "From an interdisciplinary approach that combines issues of International Relations with International Law, this book addresses issues neglected in both disciplines concerning the establishment a more just international order and its political implications. …
Creating a More `Just' Order
This article analyses the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in light of its potential for creating and institutionalizing justice norms in international society. The theoretical and analytical framework is based on the English School of International Relations and its central conflict between order and justice. The framework integrates a constructivist approach and the `norm life-cycle' to explain th…
But we don’t call it ‘torture’! Norm contestation during the US ‘War on Terror’
Opportunistic oppression
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world in Spring 2020, the Trump administration invoked war against the coronavirus to severely restrict admission of migrants and asylum seekers into the United States. At the same time, it declined to enact national measures to control viral community spread and sharply criticised public health policies. We analyse this notable inconsistency as a case of opportunistic oppression whereby policymakers take advant…
Drone Warfare in Counterterrorism and Normative Change
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or drones in counterterrorism has changed the face of warfare and is challenging International Law on a number of levels. This paper assesses some of those challenges in the context of the Obama Administration’s justifications to use drones for targeted killing. It focusses on the US as norm entrepreneur that purposefully works to alter prevalent norms related to the use of drones in counterterrorism efforts. T…
Trumping International Law
From bringing back waterboarding, to violating treaty obligations, to banning Muslims, Donald J. Trump has proposed numerous extralegal policies. We examine the implications of this disdain for legality, arguing that Trump's frequent hostility and indifference to legal rules and institutions paradoxically impede his capacity to enact his promises and damage international law. To situate Trump's legal politics, we draw comparisons with the Bush an…
The “Monster That We Need to Slay”? Global Governance, the United States, and the International Criminal Court
A monstrous failure of justice’? Guantanamo Bay and national security challenges to fundamental human rights
Creating a More `Just' Order
This article analyses the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in light of its potential for creating and institutionalizing justice norms in international society. The theoretical and analytical framework is based on the English School of International Relations and its central conflict between order and justice. The framework integrates a constructivist approach and the `norm life-cycle' to explain th…
Creating a More `Just' Order
This article analyses the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in light of its potential for creating and institutionalizing justice norms in international society. The theoretical and analytical framework is based on the English School of International Relations and its central conflict between order and justice. The framework integrates a constructivist approach and the `norm life-cycle' to explain th…
The international politics of judicial intervention
This volume considers the most recent demands for justice within the international system, examining how such aspirations often conflict with norms of state sovereignty and non-intervention." "From an interdisciplinary approach that combines issues of International Relations with International Law, this book addresses issues neglected in both disciplines concerning the establishment a more just international order and its political implications. …
A monstrous failure of justice’? Guantanamo Bay and national security challenges to fundamental human rights
The “Monster That We Need to Slay”? Global Governance, the United States, and the International Criminal Court
But we don’t call it ‘torture’! Norm contestation during the US ‘War on Terror’
Drone Warfare in Counterterrorism and Normative Change
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or drones in counterterrorism has changed the face of warfare and is challenging International Law on a number of levels. This paper assesses some of those challenges in the context of the Obama Administration’s justifications to use drones for targeted killing. It focusses on the US as norm entrepreneur that purposefully works to alter prevalent norms related to the use of drones in counterterrorism efforts. T…
Trumping International Law
From bringing back waterboarding, to violating treaty obligations, to banning Muslims, Donald J. Trump has proposed numerous extralegal policies. We examine the implications of this disdain for legality, arguing that Trump's frequent hostility and indifference to legal rules and institutions paradoxically impede his capacity to enact his promises and damage international law. To situate Trump's legal politics, we draw comparisons with the Bush an…
Coming to terms with a difficult past
New technologies and legal justification
This article examines the United Kingdom’s use of drones in an act of self-defence in a counter-terrorism operation. The government justified the targeted killing of a UK citizen in Syria – a country with which it was not at war at the time – with reference to existing laws and norms. In doing so, it contested a number of established concepts to justify its conduct as lawful activity. The article argues that modern weapons such as drones, which a…
Opportunistic oppression
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world in Spring 2020, the Trump administration invoked war against the coronavirus to severely restrict admission of migrants and asylum seekers into the United States. At the same time, it declined to enact national measures to control viral community spread and sharply criticised public health policies. We analyse this notable inconsistency as a case of opportunistic oppression whereby policymakers take advant…
Human Rights in Scottish Foreign Policy
While foreign policy is a reserved matter for the British government in Westminster, it is clear that the Scottish government aspires to, and indeed has implemented, an expanding programme of independent external relations. It is not the first sub-state political actor to do so. Whether as a part of the UK, or as potentially an independent country, Scotland has put considerable effort into developing an identity as a good global citizen. One area…
Enemy of the state’
This paper analyses the UK’s law and practice of citizenship deprivation as a counterterrorism measure to deal with returning foreign terrorist fighters. What used to be an “exceptional” measure has become increasingly institutionalised to give the executive broad powers even at the risk of making an individual stateless. The paper shows how the construction of the terrorist “other” and the resulting politics of fear lead to a productive relation…
Thank You to Reviewers
From ‘evil doers’ to ‘very fine people
Global constitutionalism and/as enlightenment
This editorial considers how scholars interested in issues of global constitutionalism should approach the questions that have concerned those interested in enlightenment. Reflecting on the relocation of the journal’s editorial offices to Edinburgh, we foreground discussions from the historiography of the long eighteenth century that should be of interest to scholars of international relations, international law and political theory. Two main con…
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