The Air Force General Counsel and Death Star Weapons Review

Kenneth Anderson
Saturday, January 12, 2013, 11:32 AM
Following up on Ben's Death Star White House denial, we must note the response of the Air Force General Counsel's Twitter account. And I query over at Opinio Juris whether one day the Administration's pronouncement that "the administration does not support blowing up planets" might contribute to United States' opinio juris on interstellar law of war.
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Following up on Ben's Death Star White House denial, we must note the response of the Air Force General Counsel's Twitter account. And I query over at Opinio Juris whether one day the Administration's pronouncement that "the administration does not support blowing up planets" might contribute to United States' opinio juris on interstellar law of war.  Or perhaps even customary interstellar law ("CIstL").
 
Air Force GC
 
Still smarting from Death Star decision, but must admit weapons review would have been a bear.
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Kenneth Anderson

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Kenneth Anderson is a professor at Washington College of Law, American University; a visiting fellow of the Hoover Institution; and a non-resident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution. He writes on international law, the laws of war, weapons and technology, and national security; his most recent book, with Benjamin Wittes, is "Speaking the Law: The Obama Administration's Addresses on National Security Law."
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