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21 Jul Bainbridge is Self-Publishing His Latest Book
of the pricing flexibility offered by self-publishing. (Notice that the author, not the publisher, gets to decide the appropriate price point for the book). For those interesting in self-publishing ebooks, CNET editor David Carnoy has a nice summary here. You can also self-publish paperback books with print-on-demand (POD) services. Carnoy’s summary of that process is here. BTW, what are the top-selling international relations books on Amazon right now? Two self-published ebooks by journalists, The Hunt for Bin Laden and The Instigators, both short Kindle Single edition books priced at $1.99....05 Mar AG Holder’s National Security Speech – Text
Mihai Martoiu Ticu As long as I can't sue U.S. in any international court for killing me, killing me remains illegal. JordanPaust Response... As we thought, self-defense targeting and law of war principles; but the Administration still believes that the U.S. can be at "war" with a mere terrorist organization that does not even reach the status of an "insurgency," much less a "belligerency" under international law. As noted in my article on Self-Defense Targeting, the U.S. does not need to use the war paradigm when the self-defense paradigm is...26 Nov The UK Government’s Position on Unwilling & Unable
...self-defence of Iraq by a letter of 25 November 2014. The underlying considerations which justified collective self-defence of Iraq for UK activity in Syria in 2014 remain today. The collective self-defence of Iraq provides a clear legal basis for the UK to increase its contribution to the Coalition’s efforts against ISIL in Syria by taking direct military action itself, provided such activity meets the ongoing requirements of necessity and proportionality. ISIL’s threat to the UK and its attack on our Allies and partners The threat from ISIL continues to evolve...12 Sep U.S. Ambassador to Libya is Killed; What Responses are Legal?
Jordan Response... Durand actually involved self-defense measures against a non-state actor maruading mob. See 19 J. Transnat'l L. & Pol'y 237, 245-46 (2010), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1701992 . Constitutionally, the President has the authority to faithfully execute international law on behalf of the United States with respect to such measures of self-defense and, as Justice Nelson remarked, "protection" (although it is interesting that Nelson dissented later in The Prize Cases). See also Constitutionality of U.S. Participation in the United Nations-Authorized War in Libya, 26 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 43 (2012), available...18 Apr Thoughts on the Ukraine Ad Hoc Self-Referral
by the ICC would challenge the legality of the self-referral in Ukraine’s domestic courts, litigation that could make it very difficult for ICC proceedings to go forward. Relatedly, I think it’s important to remind ourselves that Ukraine’s self-referral does not mean the OTP will open a formal investigation into the situation. Diane Amann writes today that the self-referral shows “Europe is on [the] ICC docket.” That’s true — but only in the formal sense. As Mark Kersten noted in February, Europe has been on the ICC docket for a long...07 Apr A Question About Targeted Killing
with Al Qaeda is no less incorrect when made by Obama than it was when made by Bush — anyone who used lethal force against a “terrorist,” CIA or US military, could be prosecuted for murder in a domestic court with jurisdiction over the crime. As Marko has pointed out, the US’s alternative claim of “self-defense” might prevent the state whose territory was the object of the attack from claiming that the US violated its sovereignty. But it would not provide the killer with a defense to a criminal charge....04 Apr Pentagon Fires Omar Khadr’s Defense Attorney
require zealous defense and advocacy, but specifically within the context of the legal adversary process. I can find no mandate to advocate on behalf of a client in the press, public relations, or politics. This is a particular problem when the client is a enemy in war who is dedicated to killing Americans. In court, he is entitled to the same zealous defense given any other client. Legally, the US is not required to give him anything more than a courtroom defense. In a civilian criminal trial, a lawyer may...
15 Aug Does the Establishment of Specialized Space Military Corps Ipso Facto Violate International Law?
impress a ‘non-first-use’ approach, the painful emphasis on the establishment of dominance hints at the non-self-defense exclusive nature of the USSF’s establishment. Section 14.10.3 of the US Law of War Manual further reaffirms that Article IV of the OST merely prohibits the placement of WMDs in full orbit, and not the placement of other space-based weapon systems. To this effect, it expressly cites anti-satellite laser weapons and other conventional weapons, which would include suborbital defensive systems such as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, as not being subject to...08 Feb The Iraqi Special Tribunal and the Right to a Fair Trial
fair-trial rights that are essentially similar to the ICCPR’s, including the right “[t]o have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defense and to communicate freely with counsel of his own choosing and to meet with him privately.” As Human Rights Watch has thoroughly documented, however, the IST has repeatedly undermined the rights of Saddam, his co-defendants, and the other “High Value Detainees” to a fair trial and an effective defense. First, between June, 2004, and December, 2004, when the IST became operational, U.S. investigators used Iraqi government...
26 Aug ‘As Rapidly as Possible’: What Exactly did the ICJ say Israel Must do?
...joint opinion what they view as the proper place for peace negotiations in bringing an occupation to an end: We also recognize that once a State has exercised its right of self-defense and, as a result, has occupied territory that is not its own, a reasonable period should be available for an occupying State to assess the situation on the ground and . . . to negotiate, in good faith, an arrangement laying down the conditions for a complete withdrawal in exchange for security guarantees; and, eventually, to organize an...