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The Image of Combat, Not Community: A Critique on Law Enforcement Use of Military Equipment

by Admin | May 23, 2025 | Online Edition

Editors’ Note: The author researched and wrote this piece the summer after her first-year of law school, in 2020. The piece was accepted as an anonymous student submission shortly thereafter. Since then, the author obtained her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2022 and...

On the Pitfalls of Technophilic Reason: A Commentary on Kevin Jon Heller’s “The Concept of ‘the Human’ in the Critique of Autonomous Weapons”

by Admin | May 23, 2025 | Heller Symposium, Online Edition

* This article is part of a symposium on Kevin Jon Heller’s “The Concept of “the Human” in the Critique of Autonomous Weapons,” published in this journal in 2023. All articles in the symposium can be found in the Harvard National Security Journal Online at...

“Using the Force” Against “Rebel Scum”: The Application of International Humanitarian Law in Outer Space Against Non-State Actors

by Admin | Mar 24, 2025 | Online Edition

Haldor Mercado* [This essay is available in PDF at this link] I.      Introduction             As an enormous superweapon known as the “Death Star” orbits the Earth-like planet of Alderaan, the commander gives the order to “fire when...

Impractical and Unconstitutional: The Stored Communications Act Post-Carpenter

by Richard McCutcheon | Oct 17, 2024 | Online Edition

Richard McCutcheon*1 [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Introduction The Stored Communications Act (SCA)[1] has generated numerous practical headaches for academics and judges as digital technology advances in scope and importance.[2] Created in...

National Security and Domestic Terrorism: The Legal and Legal Policy Implications of Creating a Domestic Terrorism Organization List

by Thomas Edward Brzozowski | Mar 29, 2023 | Online Edition

Thomas Edward Brzozowski[1]* [This essay is available in PDF at this link] I. Introduction   The terrorist attacks of 9/11 radically altered the U.S. counter-terrorism apparatus and resulted in the creation of a host of new governmental departments and agencies...

Exploring the Application of Force Majeure for AI Mistakes in Armed Conflict

by Fatemah Albader | Jan 29, 2023 | Online Edition

Fatemah Albader[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Introduction With the fast-evolving and increasing reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) technology in armed conflict, the question of when a state may be held responsible for AI mistakes is no...
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