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ICJ Upholds Russian Preliminary Objections in Georgia Dispute

by Brian Itami | Apr 25, 2011 | Features, Online Edition

By Brian Itami — On April 1, 2010, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) upheld Russian preliminary objections in its dispute with Georgia over the application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)...

Rule of Law in Iraq and Afghanistan?

by Mark Martins | Apr 21, 2011 | Features, Online Edition

Brig. Gen. Martins delivered these remarks as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series at Harvard Law School on April 18, 2011, upon receiving the Harvard Law School Medal of Freedom. By Mark Martins*– Click here to read the full text as a PDF Click here...

The Developing Legal Framework for Defensive and Offensive Cyber Operations

by Steven G. Bradbury | Apr 18, 2011 | Features, Online Edition

By Steven G. Bradbury — Click here to read the full text of the Keynote Address Steven G. Bradbury provides a legal analysis of U.S. defensive and offensive cyber operations in his keynote address for the 2011 National Security Journal Symposium, “Cybersecurity:...

The Cost of “Empty Words”: A Comment on the Justice Department’s Libya Opinion

by Michael Glennon | Apr 14, 2011 | Features, Online Edition

This paper draws upon a lecture delivered at the Harvard Law School on April 6, 2011, and upon three earlier works: Michael J. Glennon, The Constitution and Chapter VII of the UN Charter, 85 Am. J. Int’l L. 74 (1991); Michael J. Glennon, Too Far Apart: Repeal the War...

Detention

by Phillip B. Heymann | Mar 30, 2011 | Features, Online Edition

Phillip B. Heymann addresses a set of fundamental jurisprudential questions regarding the seizure and detention of those suspected of alliances with terrorist groups and causes.