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The Military Rules Of Evidence: Origins And Judicial Implementation, Fredric I. Lederer Oct 1990

The Military Rules Of Evidence: Origins And Judicial Implementation, Fredric I. Lederer

Faculty Publications

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Long Arms And Chemical Arms: Extraterritoriality And The Draft Chemical Weapons Convention, David A. Koplow Jan 1990

Long Arms And Chemical Arms: Extraterritoriality And The Draft Chemical Weapons Convention, David A. Koplow

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Chemical warfare has long been considered a particularly loathsome form of combat. The specter of unprotected soldiers and nearby noncombatants incapacitated or killed within moments by invisible, silent, odorless vapors discharged by a far-distant enemy has terrified many, and has also energized repeated international attempts to prohibit, or at least to moderate, these applications of deadly science.


Developing A Security Strategy For Indochina, Jeffrey F. Addicott Jan 1990

Developing A Security Strategy For Indochina, Jeffrey F. Addicott

Faculty Articles

Serious thought must be given to the complex problem of U.S. military retrenchments in the Pacific Rim. One of the most troubling issues is the impact of significant military reductions on those developing nations in the Asian Basin that currently have no garrison of U.S. troops, but are nonetheless friendly to and necessary for American interests. Almost all of friendly Indochina is affected, with Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia being of particular significance.

Accordingly, the time has come for policymakers to begin to formulate a post-reduction security strategy for Indochina. Without such a strategy, the cumulative effect of an erosion of …


Proceedings Of The First Center For Law And Military Operations Symposium, 18-20 April 1990, Jeffrey F. Addicott Jan 1990

Proceedings Of The First Center For Law And Military Operations Symposium, 18-20 April 1990, Jeffrey F. Addicott

Faculty Articles

The First Center for Law and Military Operations Symposium was held from 18 to 20 April 1990. It was conducted by the Center for Law and Military Operations of The Judge Advocate General’s School of the United States Army. Sixty participants, representing the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Department of Defense (DOD), and Department of State attended the symposium.

The symposium covered number of topics including operational law (OPLAW), legal considerations regarding psychological operations (PSYOP), Operation Just Cause, military changes taking place in Europe, the DOD Counternarcotics Mission, and the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements. The …


Women In Combat: Changing The Rules, Michael F. Noone Jr. Jan 1990

Women In Combat: Changing The Rules, Michael F. Noone Jr.

Scholarly Articles

This article offers an approach, not an answer. It concludes that any of the three branches of government could permit women to serve in combat units. Women have been formally barred from serving in combat ships or aircraft by a 1948 law-the Women's Armed Services Integration Act. Because the sponsors of that legislation concluded that it was impossible to distinguish combat and noncombat roles in the Army, the Secretary of that service was given discretion to designate combat units which would be filled only by men. Congress could change the law. The judiciary could decide that the law, or the …


Essay: On Conscientious Objection, Michael F. Noone Jr. Jan 1990

Essay: On Conscientious Objection, Michael F. Noone Jr.

Scholarly Articles

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