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Readings: Orin Kerr on "A Theory of Law"
Fourth Amendment scholar Orin Kerr has written a very important--and readably brief--law review article in The Green Bag entitled, "A Theory of Law." I commend it to all Lawfare readers who have ever had... -
Readings: David Cole Comments on Anderson's Civil Society Post
Further to my weekend Readings post noting David Cole's new SSRN paper, David dropped me a note, which I'm delighted to put up below. I think David is right in these comments; knowing he's expanding thi... -
Readings: David Cole on Civil Society and Individual Rights After 9/11
Georgetown law professor David Cole has a new article up on SSRN, "Where Liberty Lies: Civil Society and Individual Rights after 9/11." It offers something of a retrospective on the role of civil societ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Reuters informs us that Ayman al-Zawahri has released a document describing Al Qaeda’s desire to establish an Islamic caliphate and instructing Muslims to live according to Sharia law. Khalid Aldawsari,... -
Paging All Law Students (and others): The Lawfare Wiki Document Library
The Lawfare Wiki Document Library wants you! The next big phase of Lawfare expansion involves the creation of a large document library---a kind of one-stop-shopping for primary source material in the fi... -
WCL American University Program on Cyberwarfare and Law
If you are around DC on Thursday, November 8, and have an interest in cyberwarfare and law, the AU International Law Journal and National Security Law Brief are jointly presenting a program at Washington... -
Why <em>Boumediene</em> "Rights" Don't "Expire": A Response to Professor Kent
Readers probably won't be surprised that, as Professor Andrew Kent noted at the end of his guest post, I've already drafted a longer response to Andrew's important and provocative new essay, "Do Boumedie... -
Lawfare was Down for a Few Minutes--Apologies
No, it wasn't a cyber-attack. I was doing some work on the Wiki Document Library and accidentally password protected the entire site. Thanks to those of you who brought this to my attention, and apologie... -
Administrative Note
Particularly astute readers who have been carefully combing the site over the past five minutes may have noticed that our "search" bar has changed subtly and now includes check boxes that allow users to ... -
Call for Papers and Attendees: 6th Annual National Security Law Workshop
I'm very pleased to announce that the 6th Annual National Security Law Workshop will take place May 16-17, 2013, at the U.S. Army JAG School in Charlottesville, VA! The call for papers and attendees is ... -
Job Board Spammed
Well, that didn't take long. Yesterday, I posted a wiki job board on Lawfare so that people who are hiring in the field of national security law could reach those looking for work in the field. I expecte... -
I'm Thinking Lawfare Needs a Job Board
People looking to hire in national security law often send us job announcements to post, and folks looking for jobs frequently get in touch thinking---usually wrongly---that we can help. We should do mor... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Over the weekend, Israel announced that it had shot down a drone that had penetrated its airspace. -
Readings: "The Case of the Murdering Wives," Reid v. Covert, and Civilians and Courts-Martial
Captain Brittany Warren, a US Army JAG who has just completed her JD at GW Law School, has an article appearing in the Military Law Review (Vol. 212, 2012, p. 133, link is to jagcnet.army.mil), "The Case... -
Readings: Two Leading Academic Social Science Journals on Terrorism
I am sometimes asked what academic journals I would recommend for research in terrorism and political violence studies from an interdisciplinary social science perspective. Two stand out, although unfor... -
John Witt’s “Lincoln’s Code”
As many Lawfare readers know, John Witt has recently published a book called Lincoln’s Code. The book is about, among many other things, the history of the laws of war in the United States, especially i... -
Readings: Laurie Blank and Geoffrey Corn on Standards for Finding an Armed Conflict, Applied to Syria
The question of when an armed conflict is underway for purposes of triggering the Geneva Conventions and other relevant law of war is not in principle difficult in the case inter-state international arme... -
"Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power," by David E. Sanger
Reviewed by Amy Sennett Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, by David E. Sanger (Crown 2012) -
Great Opportunity at Georgetown
The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law just posted the following job opportunity: National Security Law Fellowship -
Internship for Law Students with the Brennan Center
Here's an opportunity for law students to intern at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School's Liberty and National Security Program. The Brennan Center emails: We are looking for outstanding...
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