No, the “laws of war” are not “history”
Last week the President took some controversial actions in several military justice cases and – as is so often is the case these days – the press doesn’t get the story quite right. For...
Category: Law of War
Guest Post: “Are the Killer Robots Really Coming? – Legal Considerations from a Hypothetical Application of Department of Defense Directive 3000.09”
Ever wonder how weapons empowered by artificial intelligence (AI) could possibly comply with the law of war? Today’s guest post from Army LTC Ryan Beery has some answers for you. In fact, one of...
DoD’s interpretation of the Law of War isn’t “Garbage in/Garbage out”
In his post critiquing Department of Defense (DoD) General Counsel Paul Ney’s address to the Israeli Defense Force conference, Rutgers Law professor Adil Ahmad Haque uses the phrase “garbage in, garbage out” to characterize...
Guest Blogger: LCDR Tracy Reynolds on South China Sea legal issues
Want to catch up on the legal issues in the South China Sea? Our guest blogger today is LCDR Tracy L. Reynolds, JAGC, USN, who will help you do just that. LCDR Reynolds’ very...
Did Pakistan’s photos/videos violate the Geneva Conventions…or ease a crisis?
Last week a Washington Post report about the Pakistani shootdown of an Indian fighter aircraft carried this headline: “Pakistan violated Geneva Conventions by tweeting video of captured Indian pilot, expert says.” Allow me to...
Guest Post: A Quick Primer on International Laws Applicable to Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
Fuzzy about the international law applicable to Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems? Allow today’s guest blogger, Zhanna Malekos Smith to help you clarify. Readers may recall that Zhanna joined the Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security (LENS) and the Duke...
Yes, the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden was lawful
In a January 25th op-ed posted on Bloomberg, Yale Law professor Stephen Carter raised issues about the lawfulness of the raid by U.S. Navy SEALS that killed Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan in 2011. Professor...
Guest Post: Maziar Homayounnejad on “Precautions in (Autonomous) Attack: Mere Rules, or a Legal Principle?”
Today’s guest blogger is Maziar Homayounnejad, a PhD student at King’s College London. His essay is a brief synopsis of some research done at King’s College London and South Texas College of Law, on...
Guest Post: Zhanna Malekos Smith on “Who’s Driving This Train? Intelligent Autonomy and Law”
Concerned about the relationship between the law and autonomous weapons? So is today’s guest blogger, Zhanna Malekos Smith. Zhanna joined the Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security (LENS) and the Duke Center on...
Podcast: “Legal Issues Confronting the Military National Security Law Community”
I was privileged to serve on the Legal Issues Confronting the Military National Security Law Community panel at the ABA 28th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law CLE Conference in early...
