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Review of Craig Forcese, Destroying the Caroline: The Frontier Raid that Reshaped the Right to War (Irwin Law, 2018)
Wuerth argues that the traditional foundations for the federal common law of foreign relations have eroded, but that there is an alternative basis for the federal common law governing foreign official immunity.
How international law and precedent relate to the case Tehran brought to the International Court of Justice this month.
How a dispute between Harry Truman and congressional skeptics established presidential authorities that are unquestioned today.
The war in Yemen currently threatening the port at Hodeidah is often dated to the Saudi intervention in March 2015, but the reality is more complicated.
The European international human-rights organization has adopted a new resolution exploring legal challenges presented by hybrid warfare.
What would Hart and Locke say about how documents like the U.S. Constitution or the U.N. Charter remain law?
What causes international law’s institutional deficit?
Earlier this week, two eminent scholars contended that there were no legal grounds for strikes on Syria. Here’s another view.
Did the IDF respond appropriately under international law to Palestinian demonstrators along the Gaza border?