Friday, August 13, 2010

Symposium: War Bound by Law: Non-State Actors and the Law of Armed Conflict in the Twenty-First Century

The latest issue of the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law (Vol. 20, no. 3, Spring 2010) contains a symposium on "War Bound by Law: Non-State Actors and the Law of Armed Conflict in the Twenty-First Century." Contents include:
  • John B. Bellinger, III, Terrorism And Changes to the Laws of War
  • Eyal Benvenisti, The Legal Battle to Define the Law on Transnational Asymmetric Warfare
  • Michael A. Newton: Reconsidering Reprisals
  • Michael P. Scharf, The Torture Lawyers
  • Elies van Sliedregt, European Approaches to Fighting Terrorism
  • Matthew C. Waxman, The Structure of Terrorism Threats and the Laws of War
  • Jamie A. Williamson, Challenges of Twenty-First Century Conflicts: A Look at Direct Participation in Hostilities