Book contents
- The Legality and Accountability of Autonomous Weapon Systems
- The Legality and Accountability of Autonomous Weapon Systems
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Introducing Autonomous Systems of War
- 2 AWS
- 3 Autonomous Weapon Systems and ‘Autonomy’
- 4 AWS and the IHL Requirements
- 5 Accountability and Liability for the Deployment of Autonomous Weapon Systems
- Final Conclusion
- Index
Final Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2022
Book contents
- The Legality and Accountability of Autonomous Weapon Systems
- The Legality and Accountability of Autonomous Weapon Systems
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Introducing Autonomous Systems of War
- 2 AWS
- 3 Autonomous Weapon Systems and ‘Autonomy’
- 4 AWS and the IHL Requirements
- 5 Accountability and Liability for the Deployment of Autonomous Weapon Systems
- Final Conclusion
- Index
Summary
The fact that it is now known that roboticists and engineers will, before long, have the capacity to design and build weapon systems that are autonomous and can ‘think for themselves’ has set the stage for an overwhelming mass of speculation about the status, capability and legitimacy of AWS under the IHL framework. Conscious that there are still many legal questions to be answered and technological challenges to be overcome, the first aim of this thesis was to survey the virtual forest of terms coined in the course of discussion, debate and speculation, organise them, analyse them and establish a clear definition of what an AWS actually is.
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- The Legality and Accountability of Autonomous Weapon SystemsA Humanitarian Law Perspective, pp. 265 - 267Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022