What War Does to Law

Military Industrial Complex at 50 - National Conference, September 2011

University of Toledo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-09

13 Pages Posted: 21 Sep 2011

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Benjamin Davis

University of Toledo College of Law

Date Written: September 20, 2011

Abstract

This is a paper given at the Military Industrial Complex at 50 National Conference which presents the international law and domestic law visions of what the United States has done since 9/11. It points out that international law is unchanged but that the domestic policy, practices and law of the United States have changed. The paper highlights the need to look for the dark matter: the assertion of precedents derived from somber experiences in the American past; the misinterpretation of international law, and the situations where state lethality is derived from state illegality. I suggest the important role of dissent in such parlous times.

Keywords: War, Armed Conflict, Torture, Drones, Seminole Wars, Self-Defense, Law Enforcement, civil rights

Suggested Citation

Davis, Benjamin, What War Does to Law (September 20, 2011). Military Industrial Complex at 50 - National Conference, September 2011, University of Toledo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-09, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1931682

Benjamin Davis (Contact Author)

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