ICYMI: The top Lawfire posts and podcasts for 2021!
Wow, what a year! As we reflect on 2021, we may all agree it was certainly a year of many national security challenges, and I hope Lawfire® helped you to understand some of them. ...
Category: LENS Essay Series
Celebrate the LENS Essays Series’ “birthday” and check out the year’s writings!
Like teachers everywhere, here at Duke Law we’ve been looking for ways to improve the experience for our students, especially during the pandemic. Along that line, a new addition in your Center on Law,...
LENS Essay Series: “Stolen Art and National Security (Can) (Should) the U.S. Do More?”
The looting and theft of art has been a vile feature of armed conflict throughout history. Movies like 2014’s The Monuments Men brought to the public’s attention the evil of Nazi art thievery during...
LENS Essay Series: “How Critical Is “Critical”?: Holding CFIUS Accountable Under FIRRMA’s Expansion”
Do you know what “CFIUS” means? “FIRRMA”? Duke Law student Jesse Ruth does, and in the newest installment to LENS’s online Essays on Law, Ethics and National Security Series, he’ll explain what these legal...
Shortbursts: Essay winner, book recommendations, new blog, and ICYMI
“Shorbursts” is a Lawfire®occasional feature that aims to give you a quick volley of info on a number of items: LENS Essay wins a national award! Some great news! Mark Rothrock’s terrific essay, “All’s...
LENS Essay Series: “Calling Forth” the Cajun Navy? Legal Frameworks for Ad Hoc Disaster Relief
Have you heard of the Cajun Navy? You’ll have the chance to learn more because our newest addition to LENS’s online Essays on Law, Ethics and National Security Series features Zach Ezor’s “Calling Forth”...
LENS Essay Series: “All’s Fair in Love and Wars of Self-Defense: In Support of the ‘Conservative Approach’ to Jus ad Bellum”
In today’s post we’re pleased to introduce the newest addition to LENS’s online “Essays on Law, Ethics and National Security Series.” Today’s brilliant contribution, “All’s Fair in Love and Wars of Self-Defense: In Support...
LENS Essay Series: “Sovereign Investment as a Tool of War: Can International Law Address Financial Aggression by State Actors?”
In today’s post we have a new addition to our online “Essays on Law, Ethics and National Security – A LENS Center Series.” This initiative, as you may recall, is aimed at filling the...
Inaugurating the LENS Essay Series: “The Crisis of Cryptocurrency: Executive Branch Authority to Address the World’s Most Potent Financial Threat”
In this post, we inaugurate our online “Essays on Law, Ethics and National Security – A LENS Center Series.” This initiative is aimed at filling the scholarship gap that so often arises between timely...
