In his essay, “U.S. Military Justice and “Operational Mishaps”: A Primer”, did Gene Fidell get it right as to how the American military deals with battlefield errors? Not quite according to our guest blogger, U.S....
“Shortbursts” is a new Lawfire feature you will see occasionally, and it aims to give you a quick volley of info on a number of items. As April has been such a busy month, I...
Today I participated along with Human Rights Watch’s Sarah Margon on NPR’s Morning Edition in a segment (“Civilians in Mosul Remain Trapped”) hosted by Rachel Martin. We discussed the issue of civilian casualties in...
Yesterday’s New York Times report about civilian deaths from airstrikes in Mosul is, unfortunately, likely not the last such story as coalition forces close in on the Islamic State (ISIS) in both Iraq and...
Temple University’s Beasley School of Law’s Journal of International and Comparative Law has just completed revitalizing its website and has now posted a very interesting collection of essays about the legal issues associated with...
In their post on Just Security (“Campaign Promises of War Crimes: Now a Stain on the Military”) Professors Steven J. Barela and Amos Guiora are seeking to exploit the deaths of civilians in the recent U.S....
The American Journal of International Law (AJIL) Unbound online edition has just published an open access feature entitled Symposium on Critical Perspectives on Human Shields. The symposium was the brainchild of Nicola Perugini and Neve...
I’m pleased to be part of a mini-forum over on Just Security concerning the just-released revision of the U.S. Department of Defense Law of War Manual. First issued in June of 2015, the Manual...
If experts say a malicious cyber code has “similar effects” to a “physical bomb,” and that code actually causes “a stunning breach of global internet stability,” is it really accurate to call that event...
With reports today that Islamic State forces are expected to use human shields in the battle for Mosul, the controversy as to the appropriate legal approach to the ghastly tactic reemerges. However, if anyone...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., the former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, joined the Duke Law faculty in July 2010 where he is a professor of the practice of law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
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