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Rick Pildes and Nick Rosenkranz Debate the Treaty Power at Volokh Conspiracy
Lawfare readers might be interested to follow a Volokh Conspiracy online debate between Lawfare senior contributor/NYU professor Rick Pildes and Volokh blogger/Georgetown professor Nick Rosenkranz on whe... -
Lawfare Wiki Document Library Talk at Georgetown Law
For all those law students---and others---in the Washington area interested in helping us build the Lawfare Wiki Document Library, come on over to Georgetown Law (Room 206 in McDonough) this Friday to ta... -
Readings: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) Letter to John Brennan, CIA Director Nominee, on Targeted Killing of US Citizens Abroad
John Brennan, nominated by President Obama to become the next CIA director, will apparently face some tough questioning from Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) at his Senate confirmation hearings (reportedly set f... -
Announcing the Lawfare News Feed
My excitement over Shane Harris's new blog, Dead Drop, provides a catalyst for an action I have been meaning to take for some time: creating an automated page on Lawfare for outside news feeds of particu... -
The Lawfare Podcast Episode #23: Brig. Gen. Mark Martins on His Decision to Drop Standalone Conspiracy Charges Against 9/11 Defendants
In this special episode of the Lawfare Podcast, Military Commission Chief Prosecutor Brigadier General Mark Martins discusses his decision to recommend dropping conspiracy charges against Khalid Sheikh M... -
Readings: Daniel Bethlehem on Principles Governing Self-Defense Against Non-State Actors
Former UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legal Adviser Daniel Bethlehem has just published an important piece in the latest issue of the American Journal of International Law. The article, entitled “Sel... -
Help Build the Wiki Document Library!
Lawfare, the web's premier source for news and analysis in national security law, is seeking interested and highly motivated law students to help build Lawfare's emerging Wiki library. Successful candida... -
"The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia," by Gregory D. Johnsen
Published by WW Norton (2012) Reviewed by Daniel Byman -
Ashley Deeks Joins Lawfare---Formally
I am delighted to announce that Ashley Deeks is joining Lawfare as our newest senior contributor. Astute readers will notice that this change is perhaps a bit less of a change than it may look, as Ashley... -
Readings: Andrew Kent on Ex Parte Quirin
Andrew Kent (Fordham University School of Law) has posted a new paper to SSRN, "Judicial Review for Enemy Fighters: The Court's Fateful Turn in Ex Parte Quirin, the Nazi Saboteur Case." (66 Vanderbilt L... -
"The Slave Trade and the Origins of International Human Rights Law," by Jenny Martinez
Published by Oxford USA (2012) Reviewed by John Harrison -
Readings: Bryant Walker Smith, "Automated Vehicles are Probably Legal in the United States"
Bryant Walker Smith (a fellow at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society) has authored a new CIS White Paper on whether self-driving cars are, or can be, legal in the United States. His answer is ......
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