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Presidential Authority And The War On Terror, Joseph W. Dellapenna
Presidential Authority And The War On Terror, Joseph W. Dellapenna
Working Paper Series
Immediately after the attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush claimed, among other powers, the power to launch preemptive wars on his own authority; the power to disregard the laws of war pertaining to occupied lands; the power to define the status and treatment of persons detained as “enemy combatants” in the war on terror; and the power to authorize the National Security Agency to undertake electronic surveillance in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. With the exception of the power to launch a preemptive war on his own authority (for which he …
Depoliticizing Individual Criminal Responsibility, Bartram Brown
Depoliticizing Individual Criminal Responsibility, Bartram Brown
All Faculty Scholarship
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Duress, Demanding Heroism And Proportionality: The Erdemovic Case And Beyond, Luis E. Chiesa
Duress, Demanding Heroism And Proportionality: The Erdemovic Case And Beyond, Luis E. Chiesa
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Article discusses the Erdemovic case in order toexamine whether duress should be a defense to a crime against humanity. Although the Article contends that the arguments in favor of permitting the defendant to claim duress weaken as the seriousness of the offense charged increases, the Article also argues that the duress defense should usually succeed if it can be proved that the actor could not have prevented the threatened harm by refusing to capitulate to the coercion. After balancing the competing considerations, the Author concludes that the defendant in Erdemovic should have been able to claim duress as a …