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Representative Sara Jacobs And Senator Dick Durbin Take Aim At The Dod Law Of War Manual – And Miss, Brian L. Cox
Representative Sara Jacobs And Senator Dick Durbin Take Aim At The Dod Law Of War Manual – And Miss, Brian L. Cox
Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers
In a letter recently sent to the Department of Defense General Counsel, two lawmakers – Representative Sara Jacobs and Senator Dick Durbin – present a number of suggested revisions to the DoD Law of War Manual. In Part I, this Article conducts a critical assessment of the substantive suggestions. By adopting an approach that emphasizes maintaining the delicate balance between humanitarian considerations and military necessity, the critical assessment concludes that the suggested revisions to the Manual are inadvisable.
Part II then considers the Jacobs-Durbin letter in the broader context of public discourse and separation of powers. This component of the …