Author: Derek Jinks

10 Apr

Response to The Cost of Conflation: Preserving the Dualism of Jus ad Bellum and the Jus in Bello in the Contemporary Law of War.

Thanks to the editors of Yale Journal of International Law and the hosts of Opinio Juris for the opportunity to comment on Rob Sloane’s terrific article, The Cost of Conflation: Preserving the Dualism of Jus ad Bellum and the Jus in Bello in the Contemporary Law of War. The piece is, in my view, essential reading for law of war...

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13 Dec

District Court dismisses Hamdan case

Judge Robertson dismissed Hamdan's peititon for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that the Military Commissions Act strips the court of jurisdiction over his case. I can't yet find the order online, but here is a taste: "The Military Commissions Act and the briefs of the parties present three questions: (1) As a matter of statutory interpretation and construction,...

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