The War on Terror and the Laws of War

Geoffrey S. Corn is The Presidential Research Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law in Houston Texas, who retired in 2004 from the U.S. Army as Lieutenant Colonel (Retired). Professor Corn's teaching and scholarship focuses on the law of armed conflict, national security law, criminal law and procedure, and prosecutorial ethics.James A. Schoettler, Jr. is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, with 30 years of service as a Judge Advocate on active duty and in the Army Reserve.Dru Brenner-Beck is an attorney in private practice in Littleton, Colorado, and consults on international law matters. She served in the U.S. Army initially as a Military Intelligence officer, and then as a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps. She is also the current President of the National Institute of Military Justice.Victor M. Hansen is Associate Dean and Professor of Law at New England Law Boston. Professor Hansen holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from Lewis and Clark Law School. He is a co-author of the first edition of The War on Terror and the Laws of War. He previously served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps.Richard B. "Dick" Jackson is the Special Assistant to the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters. He is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, with over 30 years of experience as an Infantryman and Judge Advocate. Mr. Jackson has written extensively and frequently lectured on law of war matters.Eric Talbot Jensen is an Associate Professor at Brigham Young Law School in Provo, Utah, where he teaches Public International Law, US National Security Law, Criminal Law, and the Law of Armed Conflict. He has written a number of law review articles appearing in such journals as the Michigan Journal of International Law, International Law Studies, and the Minnesota Journal of International Law.Michael W. Lewis is a professor of law at Ohio Northern University School of Law. He has written extensively on various aspects of the laws of war and the conflict between the US and al Qaeda. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1987-95 where he flew F-14's from the aircraft carrier USS Independence.

In this well-timed revision to the first edition published in 2009, the authors allow the reader to benefit from their unique yet balanced perspectives as they address some of the most pressing issues in the enduring campaign to defeat terrorism insofar as they concern the laws of war. The six authors, all of whom served in some capacity in the Armed Forces of the United States of America (USA), confess not to provide a critical analysis of the official characterisation of the War on Terror as a genuine armed conflict under international humanitarian law.

• Author Biographies ; Acknowledgments ; List of Treaties and Sources Frequently Cited in this Book ; Foreword to the Second Edition, by Major General (Retired) Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. ; Foreword to the First Edition, by Major General (Retired) Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. ; Introduction, by Geoffrey S. Corn ; Chapter 1 ; Legal Basis for the Use of Armed Conflict / by Geoffrey S. Corn ; Chapter 2 ; Triggering the Law of Armed Conflict? / by Geoffrey S. Corn ; Chapter 3 ; Targeting of Persons and Property / by Eric Talbot Jensen ; Chapter 4 ; Interrogation and Treatment of Detainees in the Global War on Terror / by Dick Jackson ; Chapter 5 ; Detention of Combatants and the War on Terror / by James A. Schoettler, Jr. ; Chapter 6 ; Trial and Punishment for Battlefield Misconduct / by Dru Brenner-Beck ; Chapter 7 ; Battlefield Perspectives on the Laws of War / by Michael W. Lewis ; Index