Please read:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/sunday-review/the-moral-case-for-drones.html?_r=1&hp
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1892888 [you may need to download this on a law school computer]
http://nation.time.com/2012/10/12/panetta-sounds-alarm-on-cyber-war-threat/
http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=5136
http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-signs-cyber-warfare-strategy-2012-11
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
For 10/29: Gen. tate's Lecture
Gen. Tate has suggested the following readings:
-during-the-vietnam-war.htm
f-pfc-david-h-sharrett-ii/2012/02/26/gIQAkfMacR_graphic.html
s-released.html
Monday, September 10, 2012
For Class on 9/11
Folks: Tom sent me the following for you:
Could you just let the class know that I want to make the conversation tomorrow about treating terrorists as criminals or enemy combatants? I want to gear the class more towards this recent political discussion and debate -- i.e., Rahm Emanuel versus Eric Holder. I suppose I want to focus them on whether this is a war in which we are engaged or rather it is a large criminal conspiracy of non-state actors? Or, is it somewhere in between -- like, criminal plus? And, can the U.S. pick and choose when to charge them in a military tribunal or in a federal court? What are the positives and negatives with each view? What is the political component to this? Should that matter at all? I would again direct everyone to try and watch the 90-minute "Intelligence Squared Debate" from 2010. Thanks.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Disability Notice
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law school works with the Academic Achievement and Access Center (AAAC) on the
KU campus to coordinate accommodations and services for students
with disabilities. If you have a disability for which you intend to request a classroom and/or exam accommodation, you may contact
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Law of War
Autumn 2012 Prof.
M.H.Hoeflich
Syllabus
The course will meet on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
Generally, Monday classes will be a lecture and Tuesday classes will be
discussion. There will be a topic assigned for each discussion. The basic text
for the course is Gary D. Solis, The Law
of Armed Conflict (Cambridge: Cambridge University Pr., 2010). Lt. Col.
Solis (ret.) taught the law of armed conflict at West Point for many years and
is a leading authority in the field. In addition to the assigned readings in
Solis you will also be required to read either Daniel Klaidman, Kill or Capture (Boston: Houghton,
Mifflin, 2012) or David E. Sanger, Confront
and Conceal (N.Y.: Crown, 2012). In addition to these books there will be a
number of assigned articles for you to read. Links to these will be posted on
the class blog [I will give details on the blog during the first class]. In
addition to our regular class meetings we will have several lunch meetings with
visitors including General M.G. Tate, Deputy Army Judge Advocate General,
Federal District Judge [and former U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas
Eric Melgren. Our visitors will talk about the practice of LOW and will also
talk about employment opportunities in the field.
There will
not be an examination in this course. Instead each student will be responsible
for writing two short papers [15-20 pages each] on two of the discussion topics
[35% each]. In addition, each student will be required to write a short review
of either Klaidman or Sanger [15%]. Twenty percent of the final grade will be
for class participation.
Assigned Readings in Solis:
Week Pages Discussion
Topic
1
1-72 Combatant’s
Privilege
2
73-145 Efficacy
of Treaties& Conventions
3
149-185 Classification
of Armed Conflicts
4
186-249 Private
Contractors & Lawful Combatant Status
5
250-300 Hezbollah,
Israel & the Four Core Principles
6
301-338 War
Crimes
7
341-380 Nuremberg
8
381-435 Command
Responsibility
9
436-489 Perfidy
v. Ruses of War
10
490-555 U.S.
Policy & Torture
11
556-576 ROE
& Non-State Combatants
12
577-621 Cyber
Warfare
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