Michael Newton is Professor of the Practice of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School. He formerly taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point and at the Judge Advocate General's School and Center. Professor Newton has written extensively about use of force issues, international jurisprudence, and the enforcement of international law. His co-authored work, Enemy of the State: The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein (with Michael Scharf) won book-of-the-year honors from the American Section of International Association of Penal Law. He also won Article of Year honors in 2011 for his article entitled Evolving Equality: The Development of the International Defense Bar, published in the Stanford Journal of International Law.

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• 1. Introduction ; 2. What is Proportionality? ; 3. Proportionality: A Multiplicity of Meanings ; 4. Proportionality in the Just War Tradition ; 5. Proportionality in International Humanitarian Law ; 6. Proportionality in Human Rights Law and Morality ; 7. The Uniqueness of Jus in Bello Proportionality ; 8. Countermeasures and Counterinsurgency ; 9. Human Shields and Risk ; 10. Targeted Killings and Proportionality in Law: Two Models ; 11. The Nature of War and the Idea of "Cyberwar" ; 12. Thresholds of Jus in Bello Proportionality ; Bibliography ; Index

Michael Newton is Professor of the Practice of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School. He formerly taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point and at the Judge Advocate General's School and Center. Professor Newton has written extensively about use of force issues, international jurisprudence, and the enforcement of international law. His co-authored work, Enemy of the State: The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein (with Michael Scharf) won book-of-the-year honors from the American Section of International Association of Penal Law. He also won Article of Year honors in 2011 for his article entitled Evolving Equality: The Development of the International Defense Bar, published in the Stanford Journal of International Law.

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• 1. Introduction ; 2. What is Proportionality? ; 3. Proportionality: A Multiplicity of Meanings ; 4. Proportionality in the Just War Tradition ; 5. Proportionality in International Humanitarian Law ; 6. Proportionality in Human Rights Law and Morality ; 7. The Uniqueness of Jus in Bello Proportionality ; 8. Countermeasures and Counterinsurgency ; 9. Human Shields and Risk ; 10. Targeted Killings and Proportionality in Law: Two Models ; 11. The Nature of War and the Idea of "Cyberwar" ; 12. Thresholds of Jus in Bello Proportionality ; Bibliography ; Index