Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Goodman: Rationales for Detention: Security Threats and Intelligence Value

Ryan Goodman (Harvard Univ. - Law) has posted Rationales for Detention: Security Threats and Intelligence Value (International Law Studies, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:
In the essay, I contend that the law of armed conflict (LOAC) regulates the substantive grounds for detention in non-international armed conflicts and that LOAC prohibits long-term detention for the purpose of gathering intelligence.